A Sand-Box (Triangular)
c. 1525/1540
Follower of Andrea Briosco, called Riccio
Sculptor
Related Artist, Paduan, 1470 - 1532
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 7.4 x 17 cm (2 15/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
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Accession Number
1957.14.63
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: 70, no. 57, pl. 35.
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, repro. 41, as by Paduan 16th Century.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 482.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 82, no. 27.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 192, repro.
2010
Luchs, Alison. The Mermaids of Venice: Fantastic Sea Creatures in Venetian Renaissance Art. Turnhout, Belgium, 2010: 165, 166 fig. 215, 222 n. 30.
2013
Leino, Marika. Fashion, Devotion and Contemplation: The Status and Functions of Italian Renaissance Plaquettes. Oxford, 2013: 139 figs. 84-85, 140-141. Figure 85 misidentifies the relief of The Triumph of Silenus as A Bacchanalian Scne (Putti Riding Goats and Satyrs).
2020
Malgouyres, Philippe. De Filarete à Riccio. Bronzes italiens de la Renaissance (1430-1550). La collection du musée du Louvre. Paris, 2020: 189.
Inscriptions
lower right on side w/ Victory, on vase: VIR
Wikidata ID
Q63809415