A Victorious Hero

early 16th century

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West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G16

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gilded bronze

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 5 cm (1 15/16 in.)
    diameter (plaquette only): 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in.)
    gross weight: 89 gr (0.196 lb.)

  • Accession

    1957.14.454

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, 320.

1965

  • Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 358.

1998

  • Vannel, Fiorenza, and Giuseppe Toderi. Medaglie e placchette del Museo Bardini di Firenze. Florence, 1998: 144.

2013

  • Capwell, Tobias. “A Dress Sword of the Italian Renaissance.” Apollo 177 (February 2013): 35, fig. 5, 36, 39 n. 17; the central figure as Cupid.

Wikidata ID

Q63814855

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