Allegory (possibly early 1500s): Art, History and Details
Allegory at the Cleveland Museum of Art: possibly early 1500s, gilt bronze. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Allegory (possibly early 1500s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
This object might have graced a man’s hat or the handle of a sword. The allegory has yet to be deciphered, but the heroic male nude chained in flames probably addresses masculine virtues of strength or stoicism.
Object facts
- Title: Allegory
- Date: possibly early 1500s
- Culture: possibly Northern Italy, 16th century
- Type: Sculpture
- Technique: gilt bronze
- Dimensions: Diameter: 3.6 cm (1 7/16 in.)
- Collection: Sculpture
- Department: European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession number: 1968.29
Collection credit
Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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