Sword Pommel with inset plaquette of Ariadne [affixed reverse of pommel]

second half 15th century

Master IO.F.F.

Artist, Bolognese, active 1468/1484

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West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G16

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter of plaquette alone): 5.37 cm (2 1/8 in.)
    gross weight (pommel with affixed plaquette): 231 gr (0.509 lb.)
    overall (sword pommel): 7.05 × 7.27 × 1.63 cm (2 3/4 × 2 7/8 × 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.208

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Oscar Hainauer [d. 1894], Berlin; his wife, Julie Hainauer, Berlin; acquired 1906 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); by exchange 21 October 1920 to Joseph E. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1897

  • Bode, Wilhelm von, ed. Die Sammlung Oscar Hainauer / The Collection of Oscar Hainauer. [bound as one volume, English and German pages interleaved in one page sequence] Berlin, 1897 and London, 1906: no. 213.

1908

  • A Cabinet of One Hundred & Thirty-Three Bronze Plaques and Medals of the Renaissance Period from the Collection of the Late Herr Oscar Hainauer of Berlin. Ed. Duveen Brothers. London, n.d. (but 1908): no. 35, repro.

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 15.

Inscriptions

in exergue, in relief, rubbed almost to obscurity: .IO[HANNES].F[ONDULINI].F[ONDULI]. [followed by traces of a sprig of horseradish or "cren" to signify "da Crema"] (Giovanni di Fondulino Fonduli, da Crema)

Markings

Edge of pommel bears former inventory number 35 in white paint (Hainauer/Duveen 1908).

Wikidata ID

Q63809833

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