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The sculpture is a side profile of a head set within a circular medallion. The subject has wavy hair, turned to the right, revealing a nose, lips, and eye. The neck and upper garment are visible. The sculpture is likely made of bronze, with pierced holes at the top and bottom edges.
National Gallery of Art · Sculpture
A Youth
Italian 15th Century, after the Antique
- Date
- 15th century
- Medium
- bronze//Yellow-brown patina
- Dimensions
- overall (diameter): 4.03 cm (1 9/16 in.) gross weight: 16.25 gr (0.036 lb.)
- Classification
- Sculpture · Plaquette
- Accession number
- 1957.14.170
- Credit line
- Samuel H. Kress Collection
- Time span
- 1300 to 1400
- Department
- CSD
Subjects and terms
- Italian
- Anonymous
- Renaissance
- Renaissance Plaquettes
- bust facing right
- portrait
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.
Marks
Reverse bore former inventory numbers 35 in red paint (Dreyfus) and 46 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931); numerals removed in 1982 cleaning.
NGA object ID 43890. 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.