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…
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Bust of an African Man, on a Baluster Pedestal

sculptor Italian 17th Century

17th century

Medium
bronze
Classification
Sculpture
Dimensions
height: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)
Culture
Italian
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CSD
Credit line
Gift of Lisa Unger Baskin
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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