An Italian relief sculpted rectangular marble profile portrait of Arcarino Foresto d’Este, in Renaissance style

An Italian relief sculpted rectangular marble profile portrait of Arcarino Foresto d'Este, in Renaissance style, later 19th century, probably a Grand Tour souvenir, drill inscribed FERRARIOLA P.I. DN ACRARIUS AT EST, within a raised, integral border; held within a cruciform metal bracket

34cm high, 24cm wide, 2.5cm thick

CATALOGUE NOTE:

The original relief of this legendary ancestor of the Estensi upon which this is based, is a Ferrarese lead relief dating to the last quarter of the 15th century. It was gifted by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation to the National Gallery of Art in Washington (acquisition number 1957.14.631), along with many other highly important Italian Renaissance works of art