The Virgin and Child with Six Angels, 15th century

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Medium

bronze//Yellow-brown patina

Dimensions

overall (oval): 10.22 x 8.89 cm (4 x 3 1/2 in.)
overall (approximate size of central insert): 6.6 x 5.1 cm (2 5/8 x 2 in.)
gross weight: 160.32 gr (0.353 lb.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.359

Artists / Makers

Paduan 15th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Marks and Labels

Reverse bears former inventory numbers 255 in red paint (Dreyfus) and 235 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: 2:32, no. 376, as as Paduan school, The Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels.

1931: Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931: 174, no. 235, pl. 73, as Paduan school, The Virgin and Child with Six Cherubs.

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: 145, as Madonna and Child with Six Cherubs.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 90, no. 317, fig. 247, as Madonna and Child with Six Cherubs.

2011: Rossi, Francesco. La collezione Mario Scaglia: placchette. 3 vols. Bergamo, 2011: 1:135, under Variante B, M.5, 136 fig. d, as by an imitator of Andrea Mantegna.