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The image shows an elderly man seated, turned slightly sideways with a serious expression. He has a beard, wrinkles on his forehead, and wears a hat and draped robe. He is sculpting a small, detailed nude figure, with another statuette on a platform beside him. In the background, there is a plain wall with a window featuring more small sculptures. The window frame is inscribed with "BACCIO BANDINELLI FLO".
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The image shows an elderly man seated, turned slightly sideways with a serious expression. He has a beard, wrinkles on his forehead, and wears a hat and draped robe. He is sculpting a small, detailed nude figure, with another statuette on a platform beside him. In the background, there is a plain wall with a window featuring more small sculptures. The window frame is inscribed with "BACCIO BANDINELLI FLO".

National Gallery of Art · Print

Baccio Bandinelli

Nicolò della Casa, after Baccio Bandinelli

Date
c. 1544
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 29.5 × 21.8 cm (11 5/8 × 8 9/16 in.) [trimmed within platemark]
Classification
Print
Accession number
2013.13.11
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1501 to 1550
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata
Provenance

John Griffith (L. 1464). François Heugel (L. 3373). (Paul Prouté, Paris); purchased 2012 by NGA.

Inscription

upper right in plate: BACCIO BANDINEL / FLOR .S.; lower right in plate: N.D. LA. / CASA. F.; by later hand, verso upper left, in brown ink: L 584. Port of Bac Bandinellei / by Nic della Casa; by later hand, verso lower center, in brown ink: MM3

Marks

stamp: verso lower left in black ink, L. 1464 [John Griffith]; stamp: verso lower right, in black, L. 3373 [François Heugel]

NGA object ID 160566. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.