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The image shows a bronze relief medal depicting various figures engaged in actions. The sculpture features human figures in different activities, a reclining bull at the top under a star, and figures working with beams. The sculpture is made of bronze, giving it a warm, metallic brown color with tarnished areas. It is shield-shaped with a hole near the top. The figures are intricately designed in low relief, conveying a sense of movement and action.
National Gallery of Art · Sculpture
Allegory of Union (?)
Master IO.F.F.
- Date
- second half 15th century
- Medium
- bronze//Medium brown patina
- Dimensions
- overall (shield-shaped): 6.27 × 6 cm (2 7/16 × 2 3/8 in.) gross weight: 47.65 gr (0.105 lb.)
- Classification
- Sculpture · Plaquette
- Accession number
- 1957.14.482
- Credit line
- Samuel H. Kress Collection
- Time span
- 1401 to 1500
- Department
- CSD
Subjects and terms
- Bolognese
- Renaissance
- Renaissance Plaquettes
- Male figure
- classical
- allegory
- Taurus
- Union
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
incised in exergue: .IO[HANNES].F[ONDULINI].F[ONDULI]. (Giovanni di Fondulino Fonduli)
NGA object ID 44201. 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.