Mucius Scaevola
second half 15th century
Artist, Bolognese, active 1468/1484
Artwork overview
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Medium
gilded bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (irregular): 5.88 × 5.73 cm (2 5/16 × 2 1/4 in.)
gross weight: 33.59 gr (0.074 lb.) -
Accession
1942.9.214
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: 92, no. 196 (Plaquette no. 56), as by Giovanni Fiorentino [i.e., Master IO.F.F.].
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. 111, repro.
1942
Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 15.
1989
Fulton, Christopher B. "The Master IO.F.F. and the Function of Plaquettes." Studies in the History of Art 22 (1989): 159 note 9.
2011
Rossi, Francesco. La collezione Mario Scaglia: placchette. 3 vols. Bergamo, 2011: 1:265, under Variante C, C.43, as part of the Hainauer Collection.
Markings
Reverse bears former inventory numbers P.56. (for Plaquette no. 56) in black paint (Bode/Thieme 1897/1906) and 111. in white paint (Hainauer/Duveen 1908).
Wikidata ID
Q63809846