Horatius Cocles Defending the Bridge
second half 15th century
Artist, Bolognese, active 1468/1484
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G16
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze//Light brown patina
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (shield-shaped): 6.13 × 5.91 cm (2 7/16 × 2 5/16 in.)
gross weight: 41.47 gr (0.091 lb.) -
Accession
1957.14.479
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: 1:93-94, no. 137, as Horatius Cocles, by Giovanni delle Corniole.
1931
Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931: 2387, no. 345, pl. 100, as by “Master IO. F. F.”
1951
Renaissance Bronzes: Statuettes, Reliefs and Plaquettes, Medals and Coins from the Kress Collection. Introduction by Perry B. Cott. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1951: 154, as by “Master IO.F.F.”
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 33–34, no. 100, fig. 131, as by “Master IO. F. F.”
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 97, no. 21, as by “Master IO. F. F.”
1989
Fulton, Christopher B. "The Master IO.F.F. and the Function of Plaquettes." Studies in the History of Art 22 (1989): 159, note 13, as by “Master IO.F.F.”
1992
Waldman, Louis. "A Livian Plaquette by Master IO.F.F." The Medal 21 (Autumn 1992): 17–19, fig. 2, as Horatius Cocles Defending the Bridge, by “Master IO.F.F.”
2011
Rossi, Francesco. La collezione Mario Scaglia: placchette. 3 vols. Bergamo, 2011: 1:275, under Prototipo, M.11.
Markings
Reverse formerly bore previous inventory numbers 99 in red paint (Dreyfus) and 345 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931); numerals removed during 1982 cleaning.
Wikidata ID
Q63815030