Dubia Fortuna, by Moderno, c. 1505
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Dubia Fortuna

Moderno (Italian, 1467–1528)

and Workshop

c. 1505

Medium
bronze
Classification
Sculpture
Dimensions
Overall: 5.3 cm (2 1/16 in.)
Culture
Italy
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art, European Painting and Sculpture
Credit line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed

View at the Cleveland Museum of Art

About this work

The inscription DUBIA FORTUNA is generally translated as "doubtful fortune," and speaks to the vagaries of war.