Lucia Ruspagiari (?)
Alfonso Ruspagiari
third quarter 16th century
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
overall (diameter): 5.79 cm (2 1/4 in.) gross weight: 36.52 gr (0.081 lb.)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Lisa and Leonard Baskin
Accession Number
1998.108.22
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Alfonso Ruspagiari · 1521–1576
Alfonso Ruspagiari, born in Reggio Emilia in 1521 and active there until his death in 1576, was a distinguished Italian Renaissance medalist and wax modeler renowned for his exquisitely detailed portrait medals. Working in the Emilian tradition, he crafted small-scale bronze and lead reliefs that captured the likenesses of local nobility and court figures with a painterly finesse and Mannerist cha...