The Continence of Scipio

Giovanni Bernardi

Associated Names
Giovanni Bernardi

Sculptor, Bolognese, 1494 - 1553

The relief in the image shows a group of human figures engaged in a scene. Approximately ten figures are depicted, with two seated on a platform and the rest standing around them. The figures seem to be interacting. The oval sculpture is made of a gray metal, possibly silver. The composition portrays a scene with figures in dynamic poses wearing flowing garments, suggesting movement and interaction. The background includes architectural elements like columns. At the bottom, there is an inscription "I0.BER.F."

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On View

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G16

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lead

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (oval): 5 x 6 cm (1 15/16 x 2 3/8 in.) gross weight: 31 gr

  • Accession Number

    1957.14.520

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, 257, no. 386, pl. 109.

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: 157.

1965

  • Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 14-15, no. 34, fig. 380.

1989

  • Donati 1989, 66, note.

2006

  • Bergbauer, Bertrand and Catherine Chédeau. Images en relief: La collection de plaquettes du Musée National de la Renaissance. Paris, 2006: 16 n. 20.

Inscriptions

across bottom: .IO.BER.F.

Wikidata ID

Q63815001

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