Kneeling Satyr Supporting the Figure of an Emperor
c. 1500
Artist, Paduan, active 1496 - 1525/1538

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G14
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (without base): 23.8 x 12.4 x 11.3 cm (9 3/8 x 4 7/8 x 4 7/16 in.)
base: 7.9 x 12.7 cm (3 1/8 x 5 in.) -
Accession
1985.12.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Private collection, Frankfurt; (J. and S. Goldschmidt, Frankfurt-am-Main); private collection, New York; (Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York); purchased 13 February 1985 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1985
Renaissance Bronzes and Later Sculpture, Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York, 1985, no. 5, repro., as Kneeling Satyr.
1989
Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes, Milwaukee Museum of Art, 1989, brochure, no. 5.
Bibliography
1982
Keeble, K. Corey. European Bronzes in the Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, 1982: 42.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 217, repro.
1998
Avery, Charles, Marzia Ratti, and Angela Acordon, eds. Sculture: bronzetti, placchette, medaglie. Museo Civico Amedeo Lia, La Spezia. [Cinisello Balsamo], 1998: 94, no. 53.
2010
Luchs, Alison. The Mermaids of Venice: Fantastic Sea Creatures in Venetian Renaissance Art. Turnhout, Belgium, 2010: 160-161, 160 fig. 208, 221 n. 16.
Wikidata ID
Q63861099