Oval Dish with the Birth of Adonis
c. 1560
Artist
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G18
Artwork overview
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Medium
enamel painted on copper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 46.9 x 38.1 cm (18 7/16 x 15 in.)
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Accession
1942.9.290
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Prince Petr Soltykoff [c. 1801-1889], Paris; (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 8 April-1 May 1861, no. 484). Frédéric Spitzer [1815-1890], Paris; (his estate sale, at his residence by Chevallier and Mannheim, Paris, 17 April-16 June 1893, no. 497). Maurice Kann [1839-1906], Paris; purchased 1908 with the entire Kann collection by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris); purchased 13 November 1909 by Peter A.B. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania;[1] inheritance from the Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, 1942.
[1] Widener collection records in NGA curatorial files.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1892
Molinier 1892, 2: (1891): 43-44, no. 81.
1935
Inventory of the Objects d'Art at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, The Estate of the Late P.A.B. Widener. Philadelphia, 1935: 36, Van Dyck Room, as by Couly Nouailly, about 1530.
1942
Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 10, as by Couly Nouailly.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 203, no. 30.
1993
Distelberger, Rudolf, Alison Luchs, Philippe Verdier, and Timonthy H. Wilson. Western Decorative Arts, Part I: Medieval, Renaissance, and Historicizing Styles including Metalwork, Enamels, and Ceramics. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1993: 97-100, color repro. 98.
Inscriptions
on reverse on a tablet: NUL NE SY FROTE.
Wikidata ID
Q62131013