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The sculpture depicts a scene with six human figures standing around a central object resembling an altar or pedestal. The figures are in various poses, some holding objects like staffs or sticks. Above them is a textured/banner-like element. The sculpture is made of a material resembling bronze with a dark gold or brownish color and an aged patina. It is intricately detailed with a slightly raised relief effect.
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The sculpture depicts a scene with six human figures standing around a central object resembling an altar or pedestal. The figures are in various poses, some holding objects like staffs or sticks. Above them is a textured/banner-like element. The sculpture is made of a material resembling bronze with a dark gold or brownish color and an aged patina. It is intricately detailed with a slightly raised relief effect.

National Gallery of Art · Sculpture

A Sacrifice

North Italian 16th Century

Date
c. 1500
Medium
bronze//Light brown patina
Dimensions
overall: 5.4 x 3.8 cm (2 1/8 x 1 1/2 in.) gross weight: 40 gr
Classification
Sculpture · Plaquette
Accession number
1957.14.420
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Time span
1401 to 1500
Department
CSD
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • religious
  • ceremony
  • Renaissance
  • Renaissance Plaquettes
  • North Italian
  • Sacrifice
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.

NGA object ID 44146. 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.