The Entombment, c. 1500

Not on View

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall: 11.29 × 14.6 cm (4 7/16 × 5 3/4 in.)
gross weight: 669.8 gr (1.477 lb.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.250

Artists / Makers

Andrea Briosco, called Riccio (sculptor) Paduan, 1470 - 1532

Image Use

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Inscription

center reverse, approximately 1.8 cm from bottom edge and 2.5 cm high, cast in very sharp relief: R

Marks and Labels

Reverse bears former inventory number 176 in red paint (Dreyfus), 327(?) in white paint (canceled with red paint), and earlier-style NGA accession number 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. vol.II, 126.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 206.

1989: Sturman, Shelley and Berrie, Barbara. "Technical Examination of Riccio Plaquettes." Studies in the History of Art 22 (1989):178-179, 186-188, repro.

2013: Leino, Marika. Fashion, Devotion and Contemplation: The Status and Functions of Italian Renaissance Plaquettes. Oxford, 2013: 177-178, fig. 109, n. 43.