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This free-standing, bronze sculpture shows the head and neck of a person atop a spindle-shaped base. The face is angled to our left in this photograph. The bronze surface has aged to an almost gold-colored patina, especially along the ridges and rounded surfaces. The person’s upturned face has large, almond-shaped eyes, full lips, high cheekbones, and a wide, upturned nose. The person wears a hat with a wide band flat across the forehead, and it flares like a duck bill at the back. Twisted fabric makes a ring that encircles the base of the neck and a large, teardrop shaped pendant earring…

Bust of an African Man, on a Baluster Pedestal

Italian 17th Century

17th century · bronze

National Gallery of Art · Gift of Lisa Unger Baskin

Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)

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