Meleager Presenting the Boar's Head to Atalanta

Andrea Briosco, called Riccio

Associated Names
Andrea Briosco, called Riccio

Sculptor, Paduan, 1470 - 1532

The sculpture depicts a bas-relief scene featuring two main figures, a man and a woman, engaging with each other in an outdoor setting. The woman stands on the left, wearing a flowing dress and holding an object in her hand, while the man on the right appears to be extending an offering towards her. They are surrounded by intricately detailed foliage, with trees and bushes framing the pair. Cast in a metallic material, likely bronze, the sculpture has an overall warm, golden brown hue. The figures are carved with detailed textures, emphasizing the folds in their clothing and the leaves on the trees.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 7.85 × 6.36 cm (3 1/16 × 2 1/2 in.)
    gross weight: 144.45 gr (0.318 lb.)

  • Accession Number

    1957.14.261

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

1931

  • Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931. vol.II, 137.

1965

  • Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 212.

1983

  • Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 79, no. 14.

1989

  • Pope-Hennessy, John. "The Study of Italian Plaquettes." Studies in the History of Art 22 (1989): 28, fig, 24.

Markings

Reverse bears nearly illegible former inventory number 264(?) in white paint (unidentified collection), as well as illegible three-digit number in red paint (Dreyfus) and earlier-style NGA accession number in red paint.

Wikidata ID

Q63814701

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