An Amazon

Art Historical Context

This delicate bronze plaquette, titled *An Amazon* and created around 1500 by an anonymous North Italian artist, captures the enduring Renaissance fascination with classical antiquity. Measuring just over two and a half inches, the oval relief depicts a warrior woman from Greek mythology, rendered in the period’s characteristic style that blends graceful movement with idealized strength. The greyish patina speaks to centuries of handling, suggesting it was once a treasured collector’s piece passed among scholars and connoisseurs. In early sixteenth-century Italy, small bronzes like this serve...