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The sculpture is a relief on a square metal plaque. It features three lions and a mounted rider on a horse. The rider is in a dynamic pose riding through a landscape. The lions are positioned around the horse, two in the foreground with raised paws, and another lion beneath the horse. The background shows hills or mountains. The sculpture is a metallic tone, likely bronze, and appears intricately detailed.
National Gallery of Art · Sculpture
A Horseman Attacked by Three Lions
Gianfrancesco Enzola
- Medium
- bronze//Dark brown patina
- Dimensions
- overall: 7.02 x 6.95 cm (2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.) gross weight: 118.84 gr (0.262 lb.)
- Classification
- Sculpture · Plaquette
- Accession number
- 1957.14.186
- Credit line
- Samuel H. Kress Collection
- Time span
- 1300 to 1400
- Department
- CSD
Subjects and terms
- Lion
- Renaissance
- Parmese
- Renaissance Plaquettes
- Ferrarese
- Horseman
- device
- allegory
- Sforza family
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.
Inscription
below angle of ground line, in parts indistinctly preserved: IOANNIS.FRANCISI.PARMENSIS . (Giovanni Francesco of Parma)
Marks
Reverse bears former inventory number 66 in red paint (Dreyfus).
NGA object ID 43906. 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.