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The sculpture depicts a small child standing with a slight tilt. The child is clad in a simple draped garment and has curly hair. The sculpture has a dark, bronze-like appearance with a smooth finish. It stands on a cylindrical black base.
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The sculpture depicts a small child standing with a slight tilt. The child is clad in a simple draped garment and has curly hair. The sculpture has a dark, bronze-like appearance with a smooth finish. It stands on a cylindrical black base.

National Gallery of Art · Sculpture

A Child Standing

Severo da Ravenna

Date
first quarter 16th century
Medium
bronze//Medium brown patina
Dimensions
overall: 9 x 4.2 x 2.5 cm (3 9/16 x 1 5/8 x 1 in.)
Classification
Sculpture · Small Bronze
Accession number
1957.14.44
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Time span
1401 to 1500
Department
CSD
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Standing
  • Paduan
  • Renaissance
  • child
  • figure
  • European Small Bronzes before 1900
  • Ravenna
Provenance

Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his estate; purchased 1930 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); purchased 1945 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1957 to NGA.

NGA object ID 43764. 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.