The Adoration of the Magi, late 15th - early 16th century

West Building, Ground Floor - Gallery 16

Medium

bronze//Dark brown patina (rubbed on exposed surfaces)

Dimensions

overall: 9.93 × 6.65 cm (3 15/16 × 2 5/8 in.)
gross weight: 138.53 gr (0.305 lb.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.290

Artists / Makers

Moderno (artist) Veronese, 1467 - 1528

Image Use

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Marks and Labels

Reverse bears former inventory numbers 125 in red paint (Dreyfus) and 166 in yellow paint (Dreyfus/Duveen, 1930).

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:, 1:125-126, no. 168, note.

1931: Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931. vol. II, 129, no. 166, pl. 54.

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: 151.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 45-46, no. 144, fig. 17B.

1989: Lewis, Douglas. "The Plaquettes of 'Moderno' and His Followers." Studies in the History of Art 22 (1989): 117, 119, 129, repro.