Aristotle and Alexander of Aphrodisias

early 16th century

Ulocrino

Artist, Paduan, active early 16th century

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West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G16

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze//Medium brown patina (rubbed on raised surfaces)

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 7.23 × 5.6 cm (2 7/8 × 2 3/16 in.)
    gross weight: 79.09 gr (0.174 lb.)

  • Accession

    1957.14.284

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

2003

  • In the Light of Apollo: Italian Renaissance and Greece, National Gallery and Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Athens, 2003-2004, no. I.24, repro.

Bibliography

1931

  • Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931. vol.II, 160.

1965

  • Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 243.

2008

  • Bacchi, Andrea and Luciana Giacomelli, eds Rinascimento e passione per l'antico: Andrea Riccio e il suo tempo. Exh. cat. Castello di Buonconsiglio. Trento, 2008: 436.

Inscriptions

upper left: .ALEX[ANDER].APH[RODISIENSIS] [leaf] ARIS[TOTELES] (Alexander of Aphrodisias [and] Aristotle)

Markings

Reverse bears former inventory numbers 207 in red paint (Dreyfus) and 160 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931).

Wikidata ID

Q63815258

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