Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Young Negress with a Boy and a Dog
Alternate Title:
Giovane Mora con Fanciullo e un Cane
Image View:
Detail of woman with elaborate hairstyle, boy and dog (with inset eyes)
Creator:
workshop of Giovanni Battista della Porta (Italian sculptor, ca.1542-1597)
Location:
repository: Galleria Borghese (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. LVII
Location Note:
Piazzale Scipione Borghese, 5
GPS:
41.914 12.492
Date:
before 1607 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Baroque
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
white and black marble
Technique:
carving (processes); construction (assembling)
Subjects:
animal; human figure; pietra dura; inlay; mother and child; dog
Description:
This group has also been attributed to Nicholas Cordier. The Borghese Gallery has it attributed to workshop of Della Porta. (Information from museum label).
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-GBDELLAP-YMC-A03
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Young Negress with a Boy and a Dog