Romans Passing Under the Yoke

late 15th - early 16th century

Pseudo Melioli

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

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze//Medium brown patina

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (irregular disk, largest diameter): 4.46 cm (1 3/4 in.)
    overall (irregular disk, smallest diameter): 4.21 cm (1 11/16 in.)
    gross weight: 22.08 gr (0.049 lb.)

  • Accession

    1957.14.201

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: 2:88, no. 502, as Northern Italian.

1931

  • Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931: 60, no. 77, pl. 25, 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. 197, fig. 214, 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. 9, as by Pseudo-Melioli.

2011

  • Rossi, Francesco. La collezione Mario Scaglia: placchette. 3 vols. Bergamo, 2011: 1:139, under Iconografia, and under Prototipo, M.3; 140 fig. b, as by the circle of Sperandio (?).

Inscriptions

on reverse, concentrically around periphery, behind arc from 6:00 to 11:00, initial letters somewhat worn: .VIVA.HERCVLE. (Long life to Ercole)[1]

Markings

Reverse formerly bore previous inventory numbers 311(?) in red paint (Dreyfus), and 77 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931); numerals (of which chemical imprints survive) were removed in 1982 cleaning.

Wikidata ID

Q63815224

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