The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 23, 2024

Fountain Figure of Abundance

Fountain Figure of Abundance

c. 1530–40
bronze
Overall: 28.3 x 11.5 x 7 cm (11 1/8 x 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1971.104
Location: not on view

Description

The spout coming out of the breast indicates that this figure was part of a table fountain--a specialty of Augsburg artists. Her nudity and naturalistic proportions demonstrate the impact of Italian Renaissance art in southern Germany during the early 1500s.
  • Private collection, England
    Wildenstein and Co. (New York, New York), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1971.
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 129 archive.org
  • The Persistence of Classicism in Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1988-January 15, 1989).
    Year in Review: 1971. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1971-February 6, 1972).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1971.104