Satyr Family
c. 1500
Andrea Briosco, called Riccio
Sculptor, Paduan, 1470 - 1532
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 14.26 × 11.11 cm (5 5/8 × 4 3/8 in.)
gross weight: 778.7 gr (1.717 lb.) -
Accession Number
1957.14.262
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
Exhibition History
1980
Beyond Nobility: Art for the Private Citizen in the Early Renaissance, Allentown Art Museum, Pennsylvania, 1980-1981, no. 45, repro.
1985
Natur und Antike in der Renaissance, Städtische Galerie Liebieghaus, Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany, 1985-1986, no. 170.
2008
Rinascimento e Passione per L'Antico. Andrea Riccio e il suo tempo, Museo Castello del Buonconsiglio, Trento, 2008, no. 54, repro., as by Giammaria Mosca (?).
Bibliography
1931
Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931. vol.II, 138.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 214.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 78, no. 11.
1989
Sturman, Shelley, and Berrie, Barbara. "Technical Examination of Riccio Plaquettes." Studies in the History of Art 22 (1989):177-178, 186, repro.
Markings
Reverse bears earlier-style NGA accession number in white paint.
Wikidata ID
Q63814702