A Jurist

c. 1550

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West Building Main Floor, West Sculpture Hall

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 82 x 71.5 x 34.3 cm (32 5/16 x 28 1/8 x 13 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.145

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Eugene Miller von Aichholz [1835-1919], Vienna. (Lowengard, Paris); sold 17 March 1903 to Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania;[1] inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.
[1] Provenance according to Widener files in NGA curatorial records.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1900

  • Catalogue des objets d'art et de haute curiosité de la Renaissance: Tableaux anciens composant l'importante collection de M. Eugène de Miller Aichholz de Vienne. Paris, 1900: 8, repro. fig. 4.

1907

  • Bode, Wilhelm von. "Two Venetian Renaissance Busts in the Widener Collection, Philadelphia." The Burlington Magazine 12, no. 56 (November 1907): 86-91, repro. 87, 90.

1921

  • Planiscig, Leo. Venezianische Bildhauer der Renaissance. Vienna, 1921: 460-461.

1928

  • Valentiner, Wilhelm R. "The Italian Renaissance Sculptures of the Widener Collection." Art News 26, no. 28 (14 April 1928): 15-21, pl. 15.

1935

  • Widener, Peter A. B. Invetory of the objets d'art at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Penna., estate of the late P. A. B. Widener. Philadelphia, 1935: 8.

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 9, as Pietro Aretino by Jacopo Sansovino.

1943

  • Swarzenski, Georg. "Some Aspects of Italian Renaissance Sculpture in the National Gallery." Gazette des Beaux-Arts 6th series, 24 (September 1943): 155 fig. 4, as Pietro Aretino by Jacopo Sansovino.

1948

  • Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 (reprinted 1959): 126, repro., as Pietro Aretino by Jacopo Sansovino.

1959

  • National Gallery of Art. Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. Reprint. Washington, DC, 1959: 126, repro.

1965

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 171, as Pietro Arentino by Jacopo Sansovino.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 150, repro., as Pietro Arentino by Jacopo Sansovino.

1970

  • The Frick Collection: An Illustrated Catalogue: III: Sculpture, Italian. Princeton, 1970: 172-177, repro.

1978

  • Butera, Virginia Fabbri. "A Proposal for Danese Catteneo." Antologia di Belle Arti 6 (1978): 103-106, repro. fig. 1.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 636, no. 996, repro.

1989

  • Sher, Stephen K. "Veritas Odium Parit: Comments on a Medal of Pietro Aretino." The Medal 14 (Spring 1989): 5, repro. fig. 2.

1994

  • Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 168, repro.

2007

  • Avery, Victoria. "The Production, Display and Reception of Bronze Heads and Busts in Renaissance Venice and Padua: Surrogate Antiques." In Jeanette Kohl and Rebecca Müller, eds. Kopf/Bild: Die Büste in Mittelalter und Früher Neuzeit. Berlin, 2007: 105.

Wikidata ID

Q63809998

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