The Virgin and Child, 15th century

Not on View

Medium

bronze//Light brown patina

Dimensions

overall (silhouetted contour): 13.6 x 3.65 cm (5 3/8 x 1 7/16 in.)
gross weight: 105.34 gr (0.105 kg)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.141

Artists / Makers

Florentine 15th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Marks and Labels

Reverse bears former inventory number 346 in red paint (Dreyfus), and earlier-style NGA accession number, also in red paint.

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. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931: 2: 24, no. 17.

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: 142, as Madonna and Child.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 101-102, no. 365.

1989: Banzato, Davide, and Franca Pellegrini. Bronzi e placchette dei Musei civici di Padova. Padua, 1989: 40-41, no. 7.