The Triumph of Cupid
second half 15th century
Sculptor
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G15
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze//Very dark brown patina
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 10.66 x 11.92 cm (4 3/16 x 4 11/16 in.)
gross weight: 24.3 gr (0.054 lb.) -
Accession
1957.14.143
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
2003
In the Light of Apollo: Italian Renaissance and Greece, National Gallery and Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Athens, 2003-2004, no. VIII.17, repro.
Bibliography
1908
Migeon, Gaston. "La collection de M. Gustave Dreyfus, V: Les plaquettes." Les Arts 80 (August 1908): 27, pl. 16, fig. 1, , as Triomphe, attributed to Filarete.
1931
Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931: 26, no. 19, pl. 13, as Florentine, fifteenth century.
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: 142, repro. 64, as Florentine 15th Century.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 80, no. 278, fig. 32, as Roman, fifteenth century.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 31, no. 4, repro., as Italian, possibly Roman, second half fifteenth century.
Markings
Reverse bears former inventory numbers 36 in red paint (Dreyfus) and 19 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931).
Wikidata ID
Q63814714