Meleager on Horseback (Boar Hunting) [obverse]
late 15th - early 16th century
Sculptor
Sculptor
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West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G15
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze//Dark brown patina
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (diameter): 9.08 cm (3 9/16 in.)
gross weight: 269.11 gr (0.593 lb.) -
Accession
1957.14.200.a
Associated Artworks
Meleager on Horseback [reverse]
Italian 15th Century, Italian 16th Century
1475
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: 1:75-76, no. 112 , 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: 59, no. 76, 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, pl. 68, as Pseudo Melioli.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 104, no. 377, fig. 323.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 102, no. 22.
2006
Bergbauer, Bertrand and Catherine Chédeau. Images en relief: La collection de plaquettes du Musée National de la Renaissance. Paris, 2006: 59.
2011
Rossi, Francesco. La collezione Mario Scaglia: placchette. 3 vols. Bergamo, 2011: 1:141, under Prototipo, M.16, as by Sperandio (?).
Wikidata ID
Q63814751