The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple
late 15th - early 16th century
Artist, Veronese, 1467 - 1528
Moderno
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze//Light brown patina
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 10.02 × 6.42 cm (3 15/16 × 2 1/2 in.)
gross weight: 114.07 gr (0.251 lb.) -
Accession Number
1957.14.292
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, 130, no. 168, pl. 54.
1951
National Gallery of Art. Renaissance Bronzes: Statuettes, Reliefs and Plaquettes, Medals and Coins from the Kress Collection. Introduction by Perry B. Cott. Washington, 1951: 151.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 46, no. 146, fig. 175.
1984
Rossi, Francesco. "Rassegna della Placchetta artistica dal XVe al XVIIe secolo." In Terenzani, Ezio, ed. 6a Triennale Italiana della Medaglia d’Arte. Exh. cat. Chiesa di San Francesco, Udine, 1984: 195, no. 37, note.
1989
Lewis, Douglas. "The Plaquettes of 'Moderno' and His Followers." Studies in the History of Art 22 (1989): 136, note 147.
2014
Warren, Jeremy. Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture. A Catalogue of the Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Oxford, 2014: 3:844.
Markings
Reverse bears former inventory numbers 10 . . . (?) and 443(?) in black ink(?), and 168 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931); in upper center of reverse, roughly incised collector’s (?) initials A L.
Wikidata ID
Q63815066