Altar with a Female Bust
1401 to 1500
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
overall ("sight size" seen through frame): 8.35 × 9.3 cm (3 5/16 × 3 11/16 in.) framed: 10.3 × 11.3 cm (4 1/16 × 4 7/16 in.) gross weight (with frame): 262.8 gr (0.579 lb.)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of David Edward Finley and Margaret Eustis Finley
Accession Number
1984.73.3
About the Artist
Andrea Briosco, called Riccio · 1470–1532
Andrea Briosco, better known by his nickname Riccio ("curly-headed"), was born around 1470 in Padua, the vibrant intellectual hub of Renaissance northern Italy, and died there in 1532. The son of goldsmith Ambrogio di Cristoforo Briosco, he received his initial training in his father's workshop, mastering the delicate techniques of metalwork essential for his future mastery of bronze. Riccio then ...