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The plaquette depicts an old beggar woman carrying a bundle on her head and a basket in her hand. The pose has been modeled after traditional representations of dovizia (wealth), as on a print with Abundance or Ceres by Nicoletto da Modena from about 1507.(1)
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Title: Old Beggar Woman
Date: first half of 16th century
Culture: Italian (?)
Medium: Copper alloy with brown patina under a worn layer of black lacquer or wax.
Dimensions: 14 x 8.3 cm, wt. 487.39 g.
Classification: Plaquettes
Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Object Number: 1975.1.1328
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