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Collection Online as of April 19, 2024

Allegory

Allegory

possibly early 1500s
gilt bronze
Diameter: 3.6 cm (1 7/16 in.)
Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 1968.29
Location: 118 Italian Renaissance

Description

This object might have graced a man’s hat or the handle of a sword. The allegory has yet to be deciphered, but the heroic male nude chained in flames probably addresses masculine virtues of strength or stoicism.
  • Dr. Leo Mildenberg (Zurich, Switzerland), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1968.
    Dr. Jacob Hirsch (New York, New York)
  • Year in Review: 1968. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29-March 9, 1969).
  • {{cite web|title=Allegory|url=false|author=|year=possibly early 1500s|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1968.29