Object Details
- Luce Center Label
- Although the story behind Paul Wayland Bartlett’s medal design is unknown, the title, Primavera, refers to an allegory of spring that was a popular theme among Renaissance artists. The laurel wreath framing the young girl’s head can also symbolize the success or victory that a commemorative medal is designed to honor. This hollow relief, with its ragged edge, was likely produced as an artist’s strike, or sample, to test the final design.
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Artist
- Paul Wayland Bartlett, born New Haven, CT 1865-died Paris, France 1925
- Date
- 1925
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Armistead Peter III
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm) diam.
- Type
- Sculpture-Relief
