The Death of Absalom, 15th century

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Medium

bronze//Light brown patina

Dimensions

overall: 4.19 x 6.37 cm (1 5/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
gross weight: 44.37 gr (0.098 lb.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.208

Artists / Makers

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

Image Use

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Marks and Labels

Reverse bears former inventory numbers 303 in red paint (Dreyfus) and
84 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931).

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: 2:70–71, no. 454, as North Italian, by the same hand as The Justice of Trajan [NGA 1957.14.208].

1931: Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931: 63, no. 84, pl. 26, as 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 by Pseudo Melioli.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 31-32, no. 94, fig. 152, as by the Master of the Death of Absalom (Paduan rather than Mantuan).