Hand Bell with Armorial Shield between Thistles (?), Palm Crossing Laurel, and initials B B
16th century
Sculptor
Probably Venetian 16th Century
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze//Medium brown patina
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 13.1 x 10.2 cm (5 3/16 x 4 in.)
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Accession Number
1957.14.112
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris;[1] 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.
[1] John Pope-Hennessy's catalogue for the Kress Collection gives the provenance prior to Dreyfus as Eugene Piot and no. 25 in the 21-24 May 1890 sale of Piot's collection. Although the size is the same, the description of no. 25 fits instead another bell in the NGA collection, 1957.14.115 (see Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars, London, 1965: 147-148, no. 540).
Associated Names
Bibliography
1931
Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection: Renaissance Bronzes. Oxford, 1931: 122, no. 109, pl. 62.
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 North 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. 540.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 124, no. 5.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 230, repro.
Inscriptions
left and right of each shield: B
Wikidata ID
Q63810108