David, c. 1530

West Building, Ground Floor — Gallery G14

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.103

Artists / Makers

Anonymous Artist (sculptor)

Severo da Ravenna (related artist) Paduan, active 1496 - 1525/1538

Image Use

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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

Duveen Brothers, Inc.
Kann, Rodolphe
Widener, Joseph E.
Widener, Peter Arrell Brown

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.