Allegorical Scene

early 16th century

Ulocrino

Artist, Paduan, active early 16th century

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West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G16

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze//Dark brown patina

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 6.67 × 4.73 cm (2 5/8 × 1 7/8 in.)
    gross weight: 67.16 gr (0.148 lb.)

  • Accession

    1957.14.276

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, 152.

1965

  • Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 244.

1983

  • Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 95, no. 6.

1998

  • Bekker, Gerd. Europäische Plaketten und Medaillen vom 15. bis zum 18. Jahrhundert. Leipzig, 1998: 63.

Inscriptions

upper right, almost completely erased by burnishing: VLOCRINO

Markings

At obverse bottom center, stamped collector’s mark BM (Boissel de Monville, sale, 1861). Reverse bears illegible traces of former inventory number(?) in black ink, which was partially removed in 1982 cleaning, but no record of former marks exists in NGA curatorial files.

Wikidata ID

Q63815246

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