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Paduan 16th Century

Writing Casket, c. 1500

West Building, Ground Floor — Gallery G14

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall: 7.8 x 20.3 x 12 cm (3 1/16 x 8 x 4 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.61

Artists / Makers

Paduan 16th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Provenance

Baron de Theïs; (sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 6-9 and 11-13 May 1874, no. 884); 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
Drouot, Hôtel
Duveen Brothers, Inc.
Kress Foundation, Samuel H.
Theïs, Baron de

Exhibition History

1980: Beyond Nobility: Art for the Private Citizen in the Early Renaissance, Allentown Art Museum, Pennsylvania, 1980-1981, no. 63, repro.

1985: Natur und Antike in der Renaissance, Städtische Galerie Liebieghaus, Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany, 1985-1986, no. 238.

Bibliography

1931: Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection: Renaissance Bronzes. Oxford, 1931: 66-67, no. 55, pl. 23.

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: 137, repro. 40, as Oblong casket.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 491.

1983: Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 74.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 172, repro.

1998: Avery, Charles, Marzia Ratti, and Angela Acordon, eds. Sculture: bronzetti, placchette, medaglie. Museo Civico Amedeo Lia, La Spezia. [Cinisello Balsamo], 1998: 104, no. 60, 106.

2000: Damianaki, Chrysa. The female portrait busts of Francesco Laurana. Rome, 2000: 106, pl. 180.

2008: Bacchi, Andrea and Luciana Giacomelli, eds Rinascimento e passione per l'antico: Andrea Riccio e il suo tempo. Exh. cat. Castello di Buonconsiglio. Trento, 2008: 390.

2013: Leino, Marika. Fashion, Devotion and Contemplation: The Status and Functions of Italian Renaissance Plaquettes. Oxford, 2013: 36, 38 fig. 11, 136-137, fig. 83.