Arion Seated on a Shell
first quarter 16th century
Sculptor, Paduan, active 1496 - 1525/1538

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: 8.6 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm (3 3/8 x 2 1/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
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Accession
1957.14.19
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his estate; purchased 1930 with the entire Dreyfus collection by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and New York); sold 1944 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1957 to NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1931
Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection: Renaissance Bronzes. Oxford, 1931: 18, no. 10, pl. 9.
1951
Renaissance Bronzes: Statuettes, Reliefs and Plaquettes, Medals and Coins from the Kress Collection. Introduction by Perry B. Cott. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1951: 137, as Musician on a shell by Andrea Briosco Riccio.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 489.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 85, no. 46.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 216, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q63809229