The Flagellation

c. 1480

Sperandio

Artist, Mantuan, c. 1425/1428 - c. 1504

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West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G16

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze//Medium brown patina

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 12.25 x 13.4 cm (4 13/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
    gross weight: 484.2 gr (1.067 lb.)

  • Accession

    1957.14.210

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

1908

  • Migeon, Gaston. “La collection de M. Gustave Dreyfus, III: Petits bronzes—Bas-reliefs.” Les Arts 73 (Jan. 1908): 30, repro. 23.

1931

  • Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931: 64, no. 86, pl. 27.

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: 145, repro. 69.

1965

  • Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 70, no. 235, fig. 10, as c. 1480.

1983

  • Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 50, no. 9, as c. 1480.

Markings

Reverse formerly bore previous inventory numbers 430 in black ink (unidentified collection) and 86 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931); numerals removed during 1982 cleaning.

Wikidata ID

Q63815239

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