A Dancing Faun, c. 1600

West Building, Ground Floor — Gallery G10

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall: 23.1 x 11.1 x 10.8 cm (9 1/8 x 4 3/8 x 4 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.120

Artists / Makers

German 17th Century (sculptor)

Image Use

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Provenance

Rodolphe Kann [d. 1905], Paris. (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); purchased 2 October 1908 by Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania;[1] inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.

[1] Provenance according to Widener files in NGA curatorial records.

Associated Names

Duveen Brothers, Inc.
Kann, Rodolphe
Widener, Joseph E.
Widener, Peter Arrell Brown

Bibliography

1942: Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 8, as A Faun, in Manner of Francesco da Sant' Agata.

1944: Duveen Brothers, Inc. Duveen Sculpture in Public Collections of America: A Catalog Raisonné with illustrations of Italian Renaissance Sculptures by the Great Masters which have passed through the House of Duveen. New York, 1944: fig. 204, as by Francesco da Sant'Agata.

1948: Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 (reprinted 1959): 147, repro., as Manner of Francesco da Sant' Agata.

1983: Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 155.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 99, repro.