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Lucia Ruspagiari (?)

Alfonso Ruspagiari

third quarter 16th century

Lucia Ruspagiari (?) by Alfonso Ruspagiari

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...

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