Hermaphrodite and Three Cupids

15th century

Florentine 15th Century

Associated Names
Florentine 15th Century

Artist

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze//Dark brown patina

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (oval): 3.1 x 3.67 cm (1 1/4 x 1 7/16 in.)
    gross weight: 18.91 gr (0.019 kg)

  • Accession Number

    1957.14.153

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

1886

  • Molinier, Émile. Les Bronzes de la Renaissance. Les Plaquettes; Catalogue Raisonné. 2 vols. Paris, 1886: 1:8, no. 10.

1931

  • Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931: 32, no. 29, pl. 15, as Florentine.

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.

1965

  • Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 74, no. 251, fig, 42.

Markings

Reverse bears former inventory numbers 7 (?) in red paint (Dreyfus) and 29 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931).

Wikidata ID

Q63814724

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