Mortar with Shields, Festoons, and Animals

16th century

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze//Medium brown bronze

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 15 x 18.6 cm (5 7/8 x 7 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1957.14.97

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frédéric Spitzer [1815-1890], Paris; (his estate sale, at his residence by Chevallier and Mannheim, Paris, 17 April-16 June 1893, no. 1491, as Venetian 15th Century); Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his estate; purchased 1930 with the entire Dreyfus collection by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris); purchased 1944 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1957 to NGA.

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Bibliography

1931

  • Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection: Renaissance Bronzes. Oxford, 1931: 104, no. 94, pl. 52.

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 Mortar with two dolphin-shaped handles 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. 566.

1983

  • Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 126, no. 4.

1994

  • Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 230, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q63810096

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