The Adoration of the Magi
Sculptor, Bolognese, 1494 - 1553
Artwork overview
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Medium
glass
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (rectanglular w/ arched top): 9.8 x 7.2 cm (3 7/8 x 2 13/16 in.) gross weight: 44 gr
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Accession
1957.14.512
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. vol. II, 254, no. 378, pl. 108.
1951
National Gallery of Art. Renaissance Bronzes: Statuettes, Reliefs and Plaquettes, Medals and Coins from the Kress Collection. Introduction by Perry B. Cott. Washington, 1951: 157.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 14, no. 30, fig. 376.
1974
Rossi, Francesco. Musei Civici di Brescia. Cataloghi: I. Placchette, secoli XV-XIX. Vincenza, 1974:, 72, no. 99, note.
Bascapé, Giacomo C. "Medaglie, plachette, sigilli con le figure dei Magi." Arte Lombarda 19:41 (1974): 26-29, fig. 7 bis.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 100, no. 12, repro.
1989
Banzato, Davide, and Franca Pellegrini. Bronzi e placchette dei Musei civici di Padova. Padua, 1989: 121, no. 113, note.
Donati 1989, 206, note.
2014
Warren, Jeremy. Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture. A Catalogue of the Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Oxford, 2014: 3:792.
Wikidata ID
Q63814994