The Virgin and Child, late 15th - early 16th century

Not on View

Medium

bronze//Medium brown patina

Dimensions

overall (irregular top): 6.85 x 3.83 cm (2 11/16 x 1 1/2 in.)
gross weight: 52.7 gr (0.116 lb.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.391

Artists / Makers

Paduan 15th Century (sculptor)

Paduan 16th Century (sculptor)

Image Use

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Marks and Labels

Reverse bears former inventory numbers 977 in black paint (unidentified collection), 258A in red paint (Dreyfus), and 267 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: 194, no. 267, pl. 81, as Venetian or Paduan.

1951: Renaissance Bronzes: Statuettes, Reliefs and Plaquettes, Medals and Coins from the Kress Collection. Introduction by Perry B. Cott. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1951: 146, as Venetian.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 90, no. 318, fig. 248, as Paduan, late fifteenth or early sixteenth century.

2011: Rossi, Francesco. La collezione Mario Scaglia: placchette. 3 vols. Bergamo, 2011: 1:135, under Variante C, M.9, 136 fig. e, as by an imitator of Andrea Mantegna.