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The sculpture is a relief on a round bronze medallion. It features a naked male figure in profile holding a mirror in his right hand. The figure has a well-defined muscular physique, and the sculpture includes intricate detailing of the human form. A ribbon-like element with inscriptions wraps around the figure in an arc.
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The sculpture is a relief on a round bronze medallion. It features a naked male figure in profile holding a mirror in his right hand. The figure has a well-defined muscular physique, and the sculpture includes intricate detailing of the human form. A ribbon-like element with inscriptions wraps around the figure in an arc.

National Gallery of Art · Sculpture

Allegorical Male Figure

Giovanni Bernardi

Medium
bronze//Medium brown patina
Dimensions
overall (oval): 4.6 x 3.9 cm (1 13/16 x 1 9/16 in.) gross weight: 21 gr
Classification
Sculpture · Plaquette
Accession number
1957.14.523
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Time span
1401 to 1500
Department
CSD
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Standing
  • Roman
  • Bolognese
  • male
  • figure
  • Nude
  • 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

on scroll: OVE IO VEGGIO ME STESSO EL FALLIR MIO

NGA object ID 44242. 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.