Doge Barbarigo Kneeling before the Winged Lion of Venice [reverse]
Sperandio
c. 1495
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Medium
bronze//Late cast
Dimensions
overall (diameter): 8.7 cm (3 7/16 in.) gross weight: 275.14 gr (0.607 lb.) axis: 1:00
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Accession Number
1957.14.725.b
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Sperandio · 1425–1504
Christopher Sperandio, born in 1964 in Kingwood, West Virginia—a small town in the Appalachian coal-mining region—emerged as a pivotal figure bridging popular culture and fine art. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in printmaking from West Virginia University in 1987, followed by a Master of Fine Arts in painting from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1991, where he became classmates with a...