Read the visual description
This is a circular relief depicting a male figure on one knee, with the other leg bent in front of him. He is nude, with intricate details of musculature and flowing hair. The sculpture is a rich brown color with darker shadows in the recessed areas. The face of the man appears to have been worn down, and the details are unclear.
National Gallery of Art · Sculpture
A Nude Man
Moderno
- Medium
- bronze//Dark brown patina
- Dimensions
- overall (diameter): 3.95 cm (1 9/16 in.) gross weight: 25.17 gr (0.055 lb.)
- Classification
- Sculpture · Plaquette
- Accession number
- 1957.14.342
- Credit line
- Samuel H. Kress Collection
- Time span
- 1401 to 1500
- Department
- CSD
Subjects and terms
- male
- figure
- Kneeling figure
- Nude
- Renaissance
- Renaissance Plaquettes
- Veronese
- Mantuan
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 172 in red paint (Dreyfus) and 2[1]8 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931).
NGA object ID 44066. 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.