Mortar with Putti and Griffins, early 16th century

Not on View

Medium

bronze//Dark brown bronze

Dimensions

overall: 13.3 x 17.7 cm (5 1/4 x 6 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.99

Artists / Makers

Italian 16th Century (artist)

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: 106, no. 96, pl. 54.

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, Mortar ornamented with putti and gryphons

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 569.

1983: Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 126, no. 2.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 115, repro.