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A Little Boy

Desiderio da Settignano, 1455/1460

This free-standing, white marble bust shows the head, shoulders, and upper chest of a young boy. In this photograph, the sculpture is angled to our right. The boy has full cheeks, a slightly upturned nose, and short, wavy hair. He stares straight ahead, his faint eyebrows slighty lifted. His loose garment drapes from his right shoulder, on our left, down and across his chest to just below his left shoulder.

National Gallery of Art · National Gallery of Art, Washington · Andrew W. Mellon Collection · CC0 · Public domain

Artist: Desiderio da Settignano
Date: 1455/1460
Medium: marble
Dimensions: 26.3 x 24.7 x 15 cm (10 3/8 x 9 3/4 x 5 7/8 in.)
Era: Renaissance

Why it matters

A Little Boy, dated 1455/1460, is catalogued by National Gallery of Art as a work in marble. The museum attributes the work to Desiderio da Settignano. The recorded dimensions are 26.3 x 24.7 x 15 cm (10 3/8 x 9 3/4 x 5 7/8 in.). This factual page is generated from the museum catalogue and links directly to its source record.

National Gallery of Art collection record