Fountain Figure of Abundance

Cleveland Museum of Art

Fountain Figure of Abundance

Date
c. 1530–40
Medium
bronze
Culture
Germany, Augsburg, 16th century
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

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.

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