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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.

Exhibition History

1955
Fish Forms in Art, University Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1955, no. 21.
1980
Beyond Nobility: Art for the Private Citizen in the Early Renaissance, Allentown Art Museum, Pennsylvania, 1980-1981, no. 60, repro.
1983
Raphael and the Ruins of Rome: The Poetic Dimension, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1983-1984, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1931
Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection: Renaissance Bronzes. Oxford, 1931: 134, no. 116, pl 68.
1951
Renaissance Bronzes: Statuettes, Reliefs and Plaquettes, Medals and Coins from the Kress Collection. Introduction by Perry B. Cott. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1951: 140, repro. 47, as Door knocker ornamented with two cornucopias and two interlaced dolphins by Italian (Venetian?) 16th Century.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 512.
1971
Mariacher, Giovanni. Bronzetti veneti del rinascimento. Vicenza, 1971: 37-38 no. 140, repro., as Venetian, mid-sixteenth century.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 167, repro.

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