A Sand-Box

c. 1500

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West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G16

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze//Black lacquer over medium brown bronze

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 8 x 10.6 x 9.4 cm (3 1/8 x 4 3/16 x 3 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1957.14.62

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

Exhibition History

1985

  • Natur und Antike in der Renaissance, Städtische Galerie Liebieghaus, Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany, 1985-1986, no. 240.

Bibliography

1931

  • Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection: Renaissance Bronzes. Oxford, 1931: 68, no. 56, pl. 34.

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.

1965

  • Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 493.

1983

  • Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 74.

1994

  • Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 170, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q63810004

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