Mars and Venus, late 15th - early 16th century

Not on View

Medium

lead

Dimensions

overall (diameter without suspension loop): 5.05 cm (2 in.)
overall (height with suspension loop): 5.34 cm (2 1/8 in.)
gross weight: 45.23 gr (0.1 lb.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.194

Artists / Makers

Pseudo Melioli (artist) Italian, active late 15th century - early 16th century

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
Read our full Open Access policy for images .

Marks and Labels

Reverse formerly bore inventory number 70 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931); numerals were removed in 1982 cleaning.

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

1886: Molinier, Émile. Les Bronzes de la Renaissance. Les Plaquettes; Catalogue Raisonné. 2 vols. Paris, 1886: 1:73-74, no. 105, repro., as Sleeping Woman and a Bacchant, by Melioli.

1908: Migeon, Gaston. "La collection de M. Gustave Dreyfus, V: Les plaquettes." Les Arts 80 (August 1908): 30, as Sleeping Woman and a Bacchant, by Melioli.

1931: Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931: 57, no. 70, pl. 23, as A Warrior and a Sleeping Nymph, by Pseudo Melioli.

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: 144, as A Warrior and a Sleeping Nymph, by Pseudo Melioli.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 58, no. 192, fig. 210, as Mars and Venus, by Pseudo Melioli.

1983: Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 96, no. 10, as Mars and Venus, by Pseudo Melioli.

1998: Bekker, Gerd. Europäische Plaketten und Medaillen vom 15. bis zum 18. Jahrhundert. Leipzig, 1998: 27.