A Bird, late 16th century

West Building, Ground Floor — Gallery G14

Medium

bronze//Dark patina

Dimensions

overall: 11.2 x 4.7 x 7.6 cm (4 7/16 x 1 7/8 x 3 in.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.85

Artists / Makers

Florentine 16th Century (sculptor)

Image Use

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Provenance

Eugène Piot [1812-1890], Paris; (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 21-24 May 1890, 2nd day, no. 35, as Italian School, 16th century). Mme. Léon Gauchez; (her sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 20-23 April 1892, no. 113). Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his estate; purchased 1930 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); purchased 1944 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1957 to NGA.

Associated Names

Dreyfus, Gustave
Drouot, Hôtel
Drouot, Hôtel
Duveen Brothers, Inc.
Gauchez, Léon, Mme.
Kress Foundation, Samuel H.
Piot, Eugène

Exhibition History

1937: Master Bronzes Selected from Museums and Collections in America, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, 1937, no. 149, repro.

Bibliography

1931: Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection: Renaissance Bronzes. Oxford, 1931: 90, no. 79, pl. 45.

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: 141, repro. 38.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 549.

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: 104, repro.