David

c. 1530

Anonymous Artist

Sculptor

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West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G14

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 22 x 11.7 x 6 cm (8 11/16 x 4 5/8 x 2 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.103

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Rodolphe Kann [d. 1905], Paris. (Duveen Brothers, Inc., New York and London); sold 4 June 1908 to Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania;[1] inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener; gift 1942 to NGA.
[1] Date and source of acquisition according to Widener card file, in NGA curatorial records.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2004

  • Verrocchio's David Restored: A Renaissance Bronze from the National Museum of the Bargello, Florence, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004, not in cat., not shown at two earlier venues in Florence and Atlanta.

Bibliography

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 7, as by Barolommeo Bellano.

1948

  • Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 (reprinted 1959): 145, repro., as by Bartolommeo Bellano.

1994

  • Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 27, repro.

2001

  • Warren, Jeremy. "Bottega di Severo da Ravenna, Davide." In Augusti, Adriana, et al, eds. Donatello e il suo tempo: il bronzetto a Padova nel Quattrocento e nel Cinquecento. Exh. cat. Musei Civici, Padua, 2001: 162.

Wikidata ID

Q63810251

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