Kneeling Supplicant
16th century
Sculptor

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G10
Artwork overview
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Medium
gilded bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 9.8 x 3.2 x 4 cm (3 7/8 x 1 1/4 x 1 9/16 in.)
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Accession
1957.14.28
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 Paris); 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: 32, no. 19, pl. 16.
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: 140, repro. 31, as Two kneeling men by Italian 16th Century.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 562.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 191.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 222, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q63810155