Lodovico Carbone, 1430-1485, Poet [obverse]
Sperandio
probably 1462/1463
![Lodovico Carbone, 1430-1485, Poet [obverse] by Sperandio](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/nga/thumb/lodovico-carbone-1430-1485-poet-obverse-nga-44518.webp)
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
overall (diameter): 7.15 cm (2 13/16 in.) gross weight: 136.77 gr (0.302 lb.) axis: 12:00
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Accession Number
1957.14.707.a
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Sperandio · 1425–1504
Christopher Sperandio, born in 1964 in Kingwood, West Virginia—a small town in the Appalachian coal-mining region—emerged as a pivotal figure bridging popular culture and fine art. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in printmaking from West Virginia University in 1987, followed by a Master of Fine Arts in painting from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1991, where he became classmates with a...