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Fountain Figure of Abundance
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineFountain Figure of Abundance, c. 1530–40. Germany, Augsburg. Bronze; overall: 28.3 x 11.5 x 7 cm (11 1/8 x 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1971.104
