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The sculpture depicts two figures. On the right side, there is a seated figure adorned with flowing attire and an ornate hairstyle. She extends one arm towards the figure on the left, a small winged cherub reaching up. Between them stands a tall palm tree. The circular sculpture has four small holes around the perimeter. It is dark bronze with golden-brown highlights, suggesting a metal like bronze. The surface appears slightly worn and aged. There are detailed engravings and relief of the figures.
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The sculpture depicts two figures. On the right side, there is a seated figure adorned with flowing attire and an ornate hairstyle. She extends one arm towards the figure on the left, a small winged cherub reaching up. Between them stands a tall palm tree. The circular sculpture has four small holes around the perimeter. It is dark bronze with golden-brown highlights, suggesting a metal like bronze. The surface appears slightly worn and aged. There are detailed engravings and relief of the figures.

National Gallery of Art · Sculpture

An Allegorical Scene (Fame Crowning Eros)

Andrea Briosco, called Riccio

Medium
bronze
Dimensions
overall (diameter): 5.68 cm (2 1/4 in.) gross weight: 37.99 gr (0.038 kg)
Classification
Sculpture · Plaquette
Accession number
1957.14.349
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Time span
1401 to 1500
Department
CSD
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Paduan
  • Renaissance
  • Renaissance Plaquettes
  • classical
  • allegory
  • Virtue
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 left on tablet with handles suspended from laurel branch: I S A (possibly for I[DEM] S[IVE] A[LTER] or The same but different)

Marks

Obverse (behind waist of Fame) bears former inventory number 130 in black ink (unidentified collection). Reverse bears blurred traces (no longer legible) of former inventory number in red paint (Dreyfus), as well as earlier-style former NGA accession number in red paint.

NGA object ID 44073. 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.