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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//Dark brown patina

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 6.99 cm (2 3/4 in.)
    gross weight: 66.01 gr (0.146 lb.)

  • Accession

    1957.14.199

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: 1:74-75, no. 108, as by Melioli.

1908

  • Migeon, Gaston. "La collection de M. Gustave Dreyfus, V: Les plaquettes." Les Arts 80 (August 1908): 30, repro. 23, as by Melioli.

1931

  • Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931: 58, no. 75, pl. 24, as 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 by Pseudo-Melioli.

1965

  • Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 59, no. 196, fig. 219, as by Pseudo-Melioli.

1983

  • Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 95, no. 8, as by Pseudo-Melioli.

2011

  • Rossi, Francesco. La collezione Mario Scaglia: placchette. 3 vols. Bergamo, 2011: 1:143, under Prototipo, M.5, as by Bartolomeo Melioli (?).

Inscriptions

lower left on lateral panel of Porsena's thronel: SE[NATUS] / CO[NSULTO] (By the decree of the senate ["the senate having been consulted"])

Markings

Reverse formerly bore previous inventory numbers 78 in red paint (Dreyfus) and 75 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931); the numerals were removed in 1982 cleaning.

Wikidata ID

Q63815223

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