The Entombment, early 16th century

Not on View

Medium

bronze//Dark brown patina (rubbed on exposed surfaces; some lead stopping at back)

Dimensions

overall: 11.9 x 10.1 cm (4 11/16 x 4 in.) gross weight: 318 gr

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.440

Artists / Makers

Emilian 16th Century (sculptor)

Image Use

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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, 306.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 298.

1983: Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 80, no. 19.

1989: Pope-Hennessy, John. "The Study of Italian Plaquettes." Studies in the History of Art 22 (1989): 23-25, fig. 15.