Arion Captured by Pirates
late 15th - early 16th century
Artist, Veronese, 1467 - 1528

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 (diameter): 10.58 cm (4 3/16 in.)
gross weight: 189.55 gr (0.418 lb.) -
Accession
1957.14.328
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, 204.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 169.
Markings
Reverse bears faint traces of former catalogue number 206 in thin white paint (Molinier 1886), as well as former inventory numbers 160 in red paint (Dreyfus) and 204 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931).
Wikidata ID
Q63815097