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North Italian 16th Century, An Amazon, c. 1500, bronze//Greyish patina, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.421

An Amazon

North Italian 16th Century · c. 1500 · bronze//Greyish patina ·  Accession ID  1957.14.421

Italian 16th Century, Door Knocker, 16th century, bronze//Medium brown patina, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.121

Door Knocker

Italian 16th Century · 16th century · bronze//Medium brown patina ·  Accession ID  1957.14.121

Francesco Laurana, Peace Holding an Olive Branch and Helmet [reverse], 1463, lead, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.617.b

Peace Holding an Olive Branch and Helmet [reverse]

Francesco Laurana · 1463 · lead ·  Accession ID  1957.14.617.b

Italian 16th Century, Young Man Walking on Town Walls [reverse], 16th century, bronze, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.1115.b

Young Man Walking on Town Walls [reverse]

Italian 16th Century · 16th century · bronze ·  Accession ID  1957.14.1115.b

Shown from the lap up, a young woman sits facing us as she cradles a plump baby in her lap in this square painting. They both have pale, peachy skin and blond hair. They are softly lit from the upper left, and the background behind them is inky black. A sea-blue cloth drapes over the woman’s head and across her shoulders. Its top edge is rolled back slightly, revealing tendrils of long, wavy hair framing her face. A thin gold line creates a delicate halo around head. Her scarlet-red gown is gathered and belted high above the waist. A cobalt-blue mantle lined with pumpkin orange drapes down over her shoulders, the arm of her chair, and her lap. She tilts her head slightly to our left, and lowers her eyes to gaze at or toward the child. She holds his torso with her right hand, to our left, and rests her other hand across his ankles. The child wears a dove-gray tunic with rolled up sleeves. His short hair lies in flat swirls, and his chubby cheeks are tinged with pale pink. Clusters of short gold rays fan out from the top and sides of his head. He fingers the hem of his tunic with his left hand as he turns his upper body to his right, our left, to pluck a carnation with tan, spiky petals on a long, thin green stem with his other. This carnation and at least one other with a wine-red center is held in a wide, squat, cream-white vase decorated with fern-green scallops and leaves.
Bernardino Luini, The Madonna of the Carnation, c. 1515, oil on panel, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1939.1.152

The Madonna of the Carnation

Bernardino Luini · c. 1515 · oil on panel ·  Accession ID  1939.1.152

Giovan Federico Bonzagni, Pius IV (Giovanni Angelo de' Medici, 1499-1565), Pope 1559 [obverse], 1561, bronze, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.965.a

Pius IV (Giovanni Angelo de' Medici, 1499-1565), Pope 1559 [obverse]

Giovan Federico Bonzagni · 1561 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1957.14.965.a

Andrea della Robbia, Italian 16th Century, Saint Peter, c. 1900/1925 (figure); c. 1550 (framing garland), glazed terracotta, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1939.1.329

Saint Peter

Andrea della Robbia, Italian 16th Century · c. 1900/1925 (figure); c. 1550 (framing garland) · glazed terracotta ·  Accession ID  1939.1.329

North Italian 16th Century, Mercury and Judith, c. 1500, bronze//Medium brown patina, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.419

Mercury and Judith

North Italian 16th Century · c. 1500 · bronze//Medium brown patina ·  Accession ID  1957.14.419

Sperandio, Niccolo da Correggio Riding a Horse, and a Friar [reverse], c. 1480, lead, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.719.b

Niccolo da Correggio Riding a Horse, and a Friar [reverse]

Sperandio · c. 1480 · lead ·  Accession ID  1957.14.719.b

Venetian 16th Century, Justice and Peace [reverse], c. 1523, bronze, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.757.b

Justice and Peace [reverse]

Venetian 16th Century · c. 1523 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1957.14.757.b