The Triumph of Silenus, 16th century

West Building, Ground Floor - Gallery 14

Medium

bronze//Dark red-brown patina

Dimensions

overall (trapezoidal): 4.2 × 10.15 cm (1 5/8 × 4 in.)
gross weight: 94.84 gr (0.209 lb.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.382

Artists / Makers

Paduan 16th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Marks and Labels

Reverse formerly bore previous inventory number 258 (Ricci 1931); pigmentation of numerals removed in 1982 cleaning, but chemical traces of their forms remain visible.

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, 258.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 230.