Hand Bell with Portrait of Lodovico Maria Sforza, 1451-1508, called Il Moro, 7th Duke of Milan, and Figures of Hercules
possibly 1491/1497
Sculptor, Ferrarese, active 1491/1504
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G16
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze//Medium brown patina
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (height by diameter): 15.2 × 9.9 cm (6 × 3 7/8 in.)
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Accession
1957.14.110
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: 118, no. 107, pl. 60.
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. 42.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 462.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 123, no. 2.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 20, repro.
2001
Motture, Peta. Bells and Mortars and Related Utensils. Catalogue of Italian Bronzes in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London, 2001: 48, 63 n. 3, 99-100.
2011
Avery, Victoria. Vulcan's Forge in Venus' City: The Story of Bronze in Venice 1350-1650. Oxford, 2011: 128, 140, 167 n. 9, 169 n. 142, 169 n. 143, 324-325 figs. 10.9-10.12.
2020
Malgouyres, Philippe. De Filarete à Riccio. Bronzes italiens de la Renaissance (1430-1550). La collection du musée du Louvre. Paris, 2020: 236-237.
Inscriptions
beneath acanthus strip: OPVSZANINI.ALBERGETI
Wikidata ID
Q63810265