Fountain of the Sciences
Jacopo Nizolla da Trezzo, Italian, 1515/1519 - 1589
about 1550
Bronze
Overall: 3 1/8 × 3 1/8 × 1/16 in. (7.9 × 8 × 0.2 cm)
Weight: 57 g (0.1 lb.)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Roger Arvid Anderson Collection - 250th Anniversary Gift, 1769-2019
2016.64.171
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Sculpture: Plaquette
Research Area
Sculpture
On view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, top left and right: VIR / TVS; across bottom: NVNQ(uam) DEFICIT; on reverse: inscription in black ink.
Course History
ITAL 23, 17th and 18th Century Italian Literature, Nancy Canepa, Spring 2022
Exhibition History
Living with Sculpture: Presence and Power in Europe, 1400–1750, Citrin Family Gallery and Engles Family Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 23, 2024–March 22, 2025.
Publication History
Roger Arvid Anderson, The Roger Arvid Anderson Collection, Medals, Medallions, Plaquettes and Small Reliefs, Paintings, Sculpture, Works on Paper and Textiles, San Francisco: Roger Arvid Anderson (published privately), design by David L. Wilson, 2015, p. 74.
Provenance
New York art market; sold to Roger Arvid Anderson, San Francisco, California, before 2011; lent to present collection, 2011; given to present collection, 2016.
Catalogue Raisonne
Kress, No. 441a
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