Warrior and Horseman Fighting
late 15th - early 16th century
Artist, Italian, active late 15th century - early 16th century
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G15
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze//Medium brown patina (raised surfaces much rubbed)
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (diameter): 4.99 cm (1 15/16 in.)
gross weight: 47.36 gr (0.104 lb.) -
Accession
1957.14.203
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: 1:76-77, no. 114, as by Melioli (mistakely describing the image in reverse sense).
1908
Migeon, Gaston. "La collection de M. Gustave Dreyfus, V: Les plaquettes." Les Arts 80 (August 1908): repro. 23, as by Melioli.
1931
Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931: 60-61, no. 79, 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. 199, fig. 216, as by Pseudo-Melioli.
2011
Rossi, Francesco. La collezione Mario Scaglia: placchette. 3 vols. Bergamo, 2011: 1:140, under Prototipo, M.4.
Markings
Reverse bears former inventory numbers 80 in red paint (Dreyfus) and 79 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931).
Wikidata ID
Q63815230