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The sculpture is a round medallion featuring a lion in profile facing left, with a front paw on a sphere. The material appears to be bronze, with a dark, metallic brown color and green patina in some areas. The lion's mane is intricately detailed. The circular medallion has inscriptions in the background. It measures a few inches in diameter and represents a relief sculpture.
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The sculpture is a round medallion featuring a lion in profile facing left, with a front paw on a sphere. The material appears to be bronze, with a dark, metallic brown color and green patina in some areas. The lion's mane is intricately detailed. The circular medallion has inscriptions in the background. It measures a few inches in diameter and represents a relief sculpture.

National Gallery of Art · Sculpture

A Lion

Vittore Gambello

Medium
bronze//Medium brown patina
Dimensions
overall (diameter): 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.)
Classification
Sculpture · Plaquette
Accession number
1957.14.246
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Time span
1401 to 1500
Department
CSD
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Venetian
  • mammal
  • animal
  • Lion
  • Renaissance
  • Renaissance Plaquettes
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

upper center: R / ANIM / V; across bottom in exergue: VCAMELIO / FA

NGA object ID 43969. 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.