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The sculpture is a small, round bronze relief featuring three male figures carrying large baskets above their shoulders. A fourth seated male figure is on the left. The use of bronze gives the piece a warm, dark golden hue with darker accents in the crevices. The sculpted figures appear dynamic and life-like, embodying movement and interaction. The figures' muscular details and postures are clearly defined against the background, illustrating a scene possibly associated with labor or offering.
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The sculpture is a small, round bronze relief featuring three male figures carrying large baskets above their shoulders. A fourth seated male figure is on the left. The use of bronze gives the piece a warm, dark golden hue with darker accents in the crevices. The sculpted figures appear dynamic and life-like, embodying movement and interaction. The figures' muscular details and postures are clearly defined against the background, illustrating a scene possibly associated with labor or offering.

National Gallery of Art · Sculpture

A Fruit Offering

Pseudo Melioli

Date
late 15th - early 16th century
Medium
bronze//Medium brown patina
Dimensions
overall (diameter): 5.03 cm (2 in.) gross weight: 31.39 gr (0.069 lb.)
Classification
Sculpture · Plaquette
Accession number
1957.14.205
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Time span
1401 to 1500
Department
CSD
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • ceremony
  • Renaissance
  • Renaissance Plaquettes
  • North Italian
  • Offering
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 bears former inventory numbers 82 in red paint (Dreyfus) and 81 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931).

NGA object ID 43926. 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.