A Dog Scratching, 1630s

West Building, Ground Floor — Gallery G14

Medium

bronze//Dark lacquer over rich brown bronze

Dimensions

overall: 5.9 x 9.2 x 8.7 cm (2 5/16 x 3 5/8 x 3 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.78

Artists / Makers

Georg Schweigger (sculptor) German, 1613 - 1690

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: 88, no. 72, pl. 44.

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: 138, repro. 38, as Paduan (or South German?) 16th Century, Hound scratching its left ear.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 553.

1983: Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 156.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 98, repro.