Portrait of a Woman and an Onlooker
Alfonso Ruspagiari
late 16th century
Medium
lead//Cast hollow
Dimensions
overall (diameter): 6.92 cm (2 3/4 in.) gross weight: 30.34 gr (0.067 lb.)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Accession Number
1957.14.1044
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...