Seated Female Figure
early 16th century
Sculptor
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G14
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 19 x 13.2 x 13.3 cm (7 1/2 x 5 3/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
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Accession
1942.9.138
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Stefano Bardini [1836-1922], Florence); (his sale, Christies, London, 5-7 June 1899, no. 474).[1] John Edward Taylor, London; (his estate sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 1-4, 9-10 July 1912, 1st day, no. 32, as Andromeda by Riccio); (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York);[2] sold 11 November 1912 to Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins, Philadelphia;[3] gift 1942 to NGA.
[1] See letter dated 16 July 1974 from C. Douglas Lewis in NGA curatorial files.
[2] Annotated copy of sales catalogue in NGA curatorial files.
[3] See letter dated 9 January 1979 from C. Douglas Lewis in NGA curatorial files.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1978
Severo Calzeta, called Severo da Ravenna, The Frick Collection, New York, 1978, no. 14.
Bibliography
1942
Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 9, as Andromeda by Riccio.
1948
Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 (reprinted 1959): 142, repro., as Andromeda by Riccio.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 70.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 160, repro.
Allison, Ann Hersey. The Bronzes of Pier Jacopo Alari-Conacolsi, called Antico. Vienna, 1994: 191-192, version H, fig. 141.
Wikidata ID
Q63809958