Aesculapius, 15th century

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Medium

bronze//Light brown patina

Dimensions

overall (oval): 5.66 x 3.64 cm (2 1/4 x 1 7/16 in.)
gross weight: 25.59 gr (0.056 lb.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.157

Artists / Makers

Florentine 15th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Marks and Labels

Reverse bears former inventory numbers 13 in red paint (Dreyfus) and 33 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931).

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

1886: Molinier, Émile. Les Bronzes de la Renaissance. Les Plaquettes; Catalogue Raisonné. 2 vols. Paris, 1886: 1:11, no. 19, as Italian fifteenth century.

1931: Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931: 34, no. 33, pl. 15.

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.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 75, no. 254, fig. 45.

2006: Fusco, Laurie and Gino Corti. Lorenzo de' Medici: Collector and Antiquarian. Cambridge, UK, 2006: 105 fig. 114, 106.