Figure personifying a spring
modeled ca. 1600–1610, ca. 1620–25
Medium
Lead-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
3 3/16 × 4 15/16 in. (8.1 × 12.5 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Pottery
Culture
French, Fontainebleau or Avon
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Julia A. Berwind, 1953
Accession Number
53.225.54
Tags
About the Artist
Guillaume Dupré|Claude Bertélemy · 1579–1640
**Guillaume Dupré (1579–1640)** Guillaume Dupré, born in Sissonne near Laon, emerged as one of France's premier sculptors and medallists during the transition from Renaissance to Baroque art. He studied under the renowned sculptor Barthélemy Prieur, marrying Prieur's daughter Madeleine in 1600 and later fathering Abraham Dupré, who followed in his footsteps as a medallist. His early talent caught...