Hercules and Antaeus, late 15th - early 16th century

Not on View

Medium

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

Dimensions

overall: 9.76 × 7.7 cm (3 13/16 × 3 1/16 in.)
gross weight: 123.01 gr (0.271 lb.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.325

Artists / Makers

Moderno (sculptor) Veronese, 1467 - 1528

Image Use

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Marks and Labels

Reverse bore former inventory numbers 203 (lined out—unidentified collection) and 157 (or 137?) in red paint (Dreyfus), as well as 201 (Ricci 1931) twice: first in white paint almost effaced by rough filing to bare alloy, and again in black paint, in larger numerals.

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

1931: Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931. vol.II, 201.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 54, no. 180, fig. 201.

1983: Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 109, no. 30.

1984: Rossi, Francesco. "Rassegna della Placchetta artistica dal XVe al XVIIe secolo." In Terenzani, Ezio, ed. 6a Triennale Italiana della Medaglia d’Arte. Exh. cat. Chiesa di San Francesco, Udine, 1984: 182, no. 25, note.

1992: Schofield, Richard. "Avoiding Rome: an Introduction to Lombard Sculptors and the Antique." Arte Lombarda 100:1 (1992): 38, 39 fig. 10.

2011: Rossi, Francesco. La collezione Mario Scaglia: placchette. 3 vols. Bergamo, 2011: 1:161, under Prototipo, M.14, as by the Master of the Labors of Hercules.