Hercules and the Nemean Lion, late 15th - early 16th century

West Building, Ground Floor — Gallery G16

Medium

bronze//Light brown patina

Dimensions

overall: 5.69 × 6.44 cm (2 1/4 × 2 9/16 in.)
gross weight: 76.02 gr (0.168 lb.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.320

Artists / Makers

Moderno (sculptor) Veronese, 1467 - 1528

Image Use

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Marks and Labels

Reverse bears traces of former inventory numbers 152A in oxidized black ink (unidentified collection) and 196 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931); numerals removed in 1982 cleaning; chemical traces still visible.

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, 196.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 184.

1983: Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 109, no. 32.

2006: Bergbauer, Bertrand and Catherine Chédeau. Images en relief: La collection de plaquettes du Musée National de la Renaissance. Paris, 2006: 68.