Fountain Figure of Abundance
1525–1545
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 28.3 x 11.5 x 7 cm (11 1/8 x 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.)
- Genre
- Sculpture
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
Germany, Augsburg, 16th century
About
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.