Male Figure Holding an Hourglass [reverse]
![Male Figure Holding an Hourglass [reverse] by Andrea Guacialoti](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/nga/thumb/male-figure-holding-an-hourglass-reverse-nga-44695.webp)
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
overall (diameter): 6.39 cm (2 1/2 in.) gross weight: 88.48 gr (0.195 lb.) axis: 6:00
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Accession Number
1957.14.801.b
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Andrea Guacialoti · 1435–1495
**Andrea Guacialoti (also spelled Guazzalotti or Guacialotti)** was an Italian Renaissance medallist and bronze founder active in the mid-to-late fifteenth century. Born in 1435 to Filippo Guacialoti of a Florentine family then domiciled in Prato, he is documented primarily through his surviving works rather than extensive biographical records. Guacialoti specialized in casting bronze portrait me...