Christ Appearing to the Apostles, mid 16th century

West Building, Ground Floor — Gallery G16

Medium

bronze//Dark brown patina

Dimensions

overall (arched top): 10.6 x 6.5 cm (4 3/16 x 2 9/16 in.) gross weight: 119 gr

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.497

Artists / Makers

Italian 16th Century (sculptor)

Image Use

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Inscription

across top: PAX VOBIS

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, 363.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 391.

1997: Banzato, Davide, Maria Beltramini, and Davide Gasparatto, eds. Placchette, bronzetti e cristalli incisi dei Musei Civici di Vicenza, secoli XV-XVIII. Vicenza, 1997: 88.