Standing Boy, first quarter 16th century

West Building, Ground Floor — Gallery G10

Medium

bronze//Medium brown bronze

Dimensions

overall: 9.6 x 4.2 x 2.9 cm (3 3/4 x 1 5/8 x 1 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.45

Artists / Makers

Severo da Ravenna (sculptor) Paduan, active 1496 - 1525/1538

Image Use

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Provenance

Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his estate; purchased 1930 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); purchased 1945 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1957 to NGA.

Associated Names

Dreyfus, Gustave
Duveen Brothers, Inc.
Kress Foundation, Samuel H.

Bibliography

1931: Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection: Renaissance Bronzes. Oxford, 1931: 48, no. 36, pl. 24.

1951: Renaissance Bronzes: Statuettes, Reliefs and Plaquettes, Medals and Coins from the Kress Collection. Introduction by Perry B. Cott. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1951: 139, as Standing child by Italian 16th Century.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 483.

1983: Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 84, no. 37.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 218, repro.