Sigismondo d'Este, 1433-1507, Son of Niccolo III d'Este
Sperandio
probably 1463/1477
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
overall (oval): 7.15 x 4.42 cm (2 13/16 x 1 3/4 in.) gross weight: 59.74 gr (0.132 lb.)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Accession Number
1957.14.711
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...