Hercules and Antaeus, early 16th century

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Medium

bronze//Dark brown patina

Dimensions

overall: 7.03 × 5.14 cm (2 3/4 × 2 in.)
gross weight: 57.27 gr (0.126 lb.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.282

Artists / Makers

Ulocrino (artist) Paduan, active early 16th century

Image Use

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Inscription

across top: VLOCRINO.

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.

Exhibition History

1971: Dürer's Cities: Nuremberg and Venice, The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, 1971, no. 116.

Bibliography

1931: Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931. vol.II, 158.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 241.

1983: Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 95, no. 1.