Fountain of the Sciences
Jacopo Nizolla da Trezzo, Italian, 1515/1519 - 1589
about 1550
Bronze
Overall: 3 1/4 × 3 1/8 × 1/8 in. (8.2 × 8 × 0.3 cm)
Weight: 70 g (0.2 lb.)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Roger Arvid Anderson Collection - 250th Anniversary Gift, 1769-2019
2016.64.172
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
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.
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 441a
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