A Sculptor Carving a Statue of Cupid, late 15th - early 16th century

West Building, Ground Floor — Gallery G16

Medium

bronze//Dark brown patina(laquer on body of child rubbed)

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 4.73 cm (1 7/8 in.)
gross weight: 39.7 gr (0.088 lb.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.335

Artists / Makers

Moderno (artist) Veronese, 1467 - 1528

Image Use

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Marks and Labels

Reverse bears former inventory numbers 27 in red paint (Dreyfus) and 211 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, 211.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 166.

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