The Battle of Cannae [obverse]
c. 1503
Artist, Italian, active c. 1500
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G16
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze//Yellowish patina
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (diameter): 5.35 cm (2 1/8 in.)
gross weight: 46.19 gr (0.102 lb.) -
Accession
1957.14.273.a
Associated Artworks
Shield Supported by Hercules and Janus [reverse]
Master of Coriolanus
1503
Artwork history & notes
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
Bibliography
1931
Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931: 118, no. 149, pl. 50, fig. 149.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 93.
1987
Lewis, Douglas. "The Medallic Oeuvre of 'Moderno': His Development at Mantua in the Circle of 'Antico.'" Studies in the History of Art 21 (1987):83-86, 89, 95, repro.
1989
Lewis, Douglas. "The Plaquettes of 'Moderno' and His Followers." Studies in the History of Art 22 (1989): 124, repro.
2013
Leino, Marika. Fashion, Devotion and Contemplation: The Status and Functions of Italian Renaissance Plaquettes. Oxford, 2013: 40, 41 fig. 17, 220.
Inscriptions
upper center in sky: CONSALVI / AGIDARI [for "Agilari"] / VICTORIA (The victory of Gonzalo de Aguilar...); in exergue: DE GALLIS / AD CANNAS (...over the French at Cannae)
Wikidata ID
Q63815043