Cupid on a Dolphin
c. 1635/1660
Workshop of Francesco Fanelli
Sculptor
Related Artist, Italian, active 1608/1665
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze//Dark lacquer (rubbed in exposed areas) over light brown bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 8.1 x 5.1 x 7.7 cm (3 3/16 x 2 x 3 1/16 in.)
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Accession Number
1957.14.50
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: 50, no. 41, pl. 25
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: 139, as 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. 520.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 141.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 83, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q63810248