Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl, late 15th - early 16th century

West Building, Ground Floor — Gallery G16

Medium

bronze//Medium brown patina

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.)
gross weight: 51.01 gr (0.112 lb.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.305

Artists / Makers

Moderno (artist) Veronese, 1467 - 1528

Image Use

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Marks and Labels

Reverse formerly bore previous inventory numbers 2 in red paint (Dreyfus) and 181 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931); numerals removed in 1982 cleaning.

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, 181.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 157.

1983: Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 108, no. 19.

1989: Lewis, Douglas. "The Plaquettes of 'Moderno' and His Followers." Studies in the History of Art 22 (1989): 126-127, repro.

1989: Pope-Hennessy, John. "The Study of Italian Plaquettes." Studies in the History of Art 22 (1989): 26-27, fig. 20.