A Warrior and a Sleeping Youth
late 15th - early 16th century
Artist, Italian, active late 15th century - early 16th century
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze//Light brown patina
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (diameter): 5.89 cm (2 5/16 in.)
gross weight: 59.77 gr (0.132 lb.) -
Accession
1957.14.193
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: 1:72-73, no. 104, repro., as A Young Hunter and a Bacchant, by Melioli.
1908
Migeon, Gaston. "La collection de M. Gustave Dreyfus, V: Les plaquettes." Les Arts 80 (August 1908): 23, repro., as Sleeping Woman and Bacchant, by Melioli.
1931
Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931: 56, no. 69, pl. 23, as A Warrior and a Sleeping Youth, by Pseudo Melioli.
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: 144, as A Warrior and a Sleeping Youth, by Pseudo Melioli.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 58, no. 191, fig. 209, as Allegorical Scene, by Pseudo Melioli.
Markings
Reverse bears former inventory numbers 15 in white paint (unidentified collection), 73 in red paint (Dreyfus), and 69 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931).
Wikidata ID
Q63815216