Allegorical Plaquette [reverse], first half 16th century

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Medium

bronze//Medium brown patina

Dimensions

overall (irregular): 8.5 x 5.8 cm (3 3/8 x 2 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.469.b

Artists / Makers

Italian 16th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Inscription

across top on scroll: AB ORIGINE MUNDI; across bottom: AS 568

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.