Hope

Niccolò Fiorentino (Niccolò di Forzore Spinelli)

ca. 1464–66 · Marble · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

This figure is one of the statuettes of Virtues which once adorned the tomb of Orsato Giustiniani, a prominent Venetian sea captain who died in 1464. The tomb was formerly in the Cloisters of Sant'Andrea della Certosa which occupies an island between the Lido and S. Pietro di Castello.

Artist

Niccolò Fiorentino (Niccolò di Forzore Spinelli)

Date

ca. 1464–66

Medium

Marble

Culture

Italian, Venice

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Fletcher Fund, 1956