Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra, late 15th - early 16th century

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Medium

bronze//Very dark patina

Dimensions

overall: 9.65 × 7.79 cm (3 13/16 × 3 1/16 in.)
gross weight: 150.8 gr (0.332 lb.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.317

Artists / Makers

Moderno (artist) Veronese, 1467 - 1528

Image Use

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Marks and Labels

Reverse bears former catalogue number 196 in white paint (Molinier 1886), canceled with heavy stroke of red paint, as well as former inventory numbers 150 in the same red paint (Dreyfus) and 193 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

1931: Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931. vol.II, 193.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 178.

2011: Rossi, Francesco. La collezione Mario Scaglia: placchette. 3 vols. Bergamo, 2011: 1:159, under Prototipo, M.12, as by the Master of the Labors of Hercules.