Three Cupids
16th century
Sculptor

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G10
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 6.4 x 4.1 x 4 cm (2 1/2 x 1 5/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
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Accession
1957.14.41
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his estate; purchased 1930 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); purchased 1945 by 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: 46, no. 32, pl. 23.
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 Handle in form of three seated cupids by Italian 15th Century.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 558.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 155.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 85, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q63809370