Siren Candleholder
c. 1510/1530
Sculptor, 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
height: 24 cm (9 7/16 in.)
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Accession
2001.85.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Ellin Mitchell, New York); purchased 1988 by Patricia Bauman and John Landrum Bryant, Washington, D.C.; gift 2001 to NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2010
Arcimboldo, 1526-1593: Nature and Fantasy, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2010 - 2011, no. 45.
Bibliography
2010
Luchs, Alison. The Mermaids of Venice: Fantastic Sea Creatures in Venetian Renaissance Art. Turnhout, Belgium, 2010: 163-164, 163 fig. 211, 221 n. 25.
Wikidata ID
Q63861100