Cup with Allegorical Scenes and Shields of Este Arms
1560s
Sculptor
West Building Main Floor, Gallery 25
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 13 x 14.6 x 13.9 cm (5 1/8 x 5 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
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Accession
1942.9.132
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Louis Huth. E. Govett. S.E. Kennedy, London. (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); purchased by William Salomon [1852-1919], New York; (his estate sale, American Art Galleries, New York, 4-7 April 1923, 2nd day, no. 415, as 16th Century Italian); (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, after purchase by funds of the Estate; gift 1942 to NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1994
Fanciful Flourishes: Ornament in European Graphic Art and Related Objects, 1300-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, brochure, no. 14.
Bibliography
1942
Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 8, as Bronze Mortar by Italian Artist 16th Century.
1948
Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 (reprinted 1959): 153, repro., as Mortar with Mythological Scenes and the Arms of the Este Family by North Italian 16th Century.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 173.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 636, no. 998, repro.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 176, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q63809216