An Allocution

late 15th - early 16th century

Pseudo Melioli

Artist, Italian, active late 15th century - early 16th century

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West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G15

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze//Light brown patina

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 5.02 cm (2 in.)
    gross weight: 34.32 gr (0.076 lb.)

  • Accession

    1957.14.198

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: 1:75, no. 111, as by Melioli (in the Louis Courajod collection, reported as 4.9 diam.).

1931

  • Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931: 58, no. 74, pl. 24, as An Allocuion 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 An Allocuion 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. 195, fig. 213, as A Military Allocuion by Pseudo-Melioli.

1992

  • Schofield, Richard. "Avoiding Rome: an Introduction to Lombard Sculptors and the Antique." Arte Lombarda 100:1 (1992): 38, 39 fig. 8.

Markings

Reverse bears former inventory numbers 40 in black ink (unidentified collection) and 74 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931).

Wikidata ID

Q63815222

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