A Horseman, 15th century

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Medium

bronze//Dark brown patina

Dimensions

overall (irregular): 4.32 x 4.99 cm (1 11/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
gross weight: 28.51 gr (0.063 lb.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.376

Artists / Makers

Paduan 15th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Marks and Labels

Reverse bears former inventory numbers 427 and 487 in the same hand, in black paint (unidentified collection), and 252 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

1931: Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931: 183, no. 252, pl. 77, as Paduan, fifteenth century.

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: 146, as Paduan, fifteenth century.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 88–89, no. 310, fig. 279, as late fifteenth or early sixteenth century.