A Crab on a Toad, early 16th century

West Building, Ground Floor - Gallery 14

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall: 5.5 x 11.3 x 10 cm (2 3/16 x 4 7/16 x 3 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.87

Artists / Makers

Paduan 16th Century (sculptor)

Image Use

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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.

Exhibition History

1985: Natur und Antike in der Renaissance, Städtische Galerie Liebieghaus, Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany, 1985-1986, no. 263.

1989: Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes, Milwaukee Museum of Art, Wisconsin, 1989, brochure no. 9.

1998: A Collector's Cabinet, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1998, no. 97.

2010: Arcimboldo, 1526-1593: Nature and Fantasy, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2010 - 2011, no. 43.

Bibliography

1931: Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection: Renaissance Bronzes. Oxford, 1931: 94, no. 82, pl. 47.

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: 138, as Box in the shape of a crab on a toad.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 506.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 189, repro.