Hercules and Antaeus
early 16th century
Artist, Paduan, active early 16th century
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze//Dark brown patina
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 7.03 × 5.14 cm (2 3/4 × 2 in.)
gross weight: 57.27 gr (0.126 lb.) -
Accession
1957.14.282
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
1971
Dürer's Cities: Nuremberg and Venice, The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, 1971, no. 116.
Bibliography
1931
Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931. vol.II, 158.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 241.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 95, no. 1.
Inscriptions
across top: VLOCRINO.
Wikidata ID
Q63815256