The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian
Sculptor
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G16
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze//Medium brown patina
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 13.12 × 9.2 cm (5 3/16 × 3 5/8 in.)
gross weight: 263.6 gr (0.581 lb.) -
Accession
1957.14.300
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
1886
Molinier, Émile. Les Bronzes de la Renaissance. Les Plaquettes; Catalogue Raisonné. 2 vols. Paris, 1886:, 1:135-136, no. 181, monogram repro. 136.
1908
Migeon, Gaston. "La collection de M. Gustave Dreyfus, V: Les plaquettes." Les Arts 80 (August 1908): 30, 19 fig. 3.
1931
Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931. vol. II, 136, no. 176, pl. 57.
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: 55, no. 182, fig. 203.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 106, no. 1.
1989
Lewis, Douglas. "The Plaquettes of 'Moderno' and His Followers." Studies in the History of Art 22 (1989): 106-107, fig. 1; 140, no. I.1.
2003
Gregori, Mina, ed. In the Light of Apollo: Italian Renaissance and Greece. 2 vols. Exh. cat. National Gallery and Alexandros Souzos Museum, Athens, 2003-2004: 1:376.
Inscriptions
center left on tablet suspended from the column shaft: M (Moderno)
Markings
Reverse formerly bore previous inventory numbers 142 in red paint (Dreyfus) and 176 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931); numbers removed during 1982 cleaning, but chemical imprints still visible.
Wikidata ID
Q63814765