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image of Empire Triumphant over Avarice
Adriaen de Vries (artist)
Netherlandish, 1556 - 1626
Empire Triumphant over Avarice, 1610
bronze
overall: 77.3 x 34.8 x 31.8 cm (30 7/16 x 13 11/16 x 12 1/2 in.)
Widener Collection
1942.9.148
On View
From the Tour: Mannerism
Object 8 of 8

1942Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 9, as Virtue and Vice.
1948Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 (reprinted 1959): 157, repro., as Virtue and Vice.
1949Seymour, Charles. Masterpieces of Sculpture from the National Gallery of Art. Washington and New York, 1949: 182, note 48, repro. 147, 149-151, as Virtue and Vice.
1957Shapley, Fern Rusk. Comparisons in Art: A Companion to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. London, 1957 (reprinted 1959): pl. 54
1965Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 173, as Virtue and Vice.
1968Seymour, Charles, Jr. "The Mercury in the Rotunda of the National Gallery of Art." Studies in the History of Art (1968-69):1-25, repro.
1968European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 153, repro., as Virtue and Vice.
1978Kaufmann, Thomas Dacosta. "Empire Triumphant: Notes on an Imperial Allegory by Adriaen de Vries." Studies in the History of Art vol. 8 (1978):63-75, repro.
1984Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. (rev. ed.) New York, 1984: 639, no. 1004, repro.
1992National Gallery of Art, Washington. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 296, repro.
1994Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 235, repro.

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