A Man in Armor
c. 1500
Sculptor, Bolognese, active c. 1493/1524
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G15
Artwork overview
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Medium
painted and gilded terracotta
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 63 x 50 x 29 cm (24 13/16 x 19 11/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
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Accession
1942.9.106
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); purchased 2 June 1908 by 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, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.
[1] According to Widener collection cards in NGA curatorial records.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2008
The Color of Life, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2008, no. 2, repro.
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 Bolognese Artist.
1944
Duveen Brothers, Inc. Duveen Sculpture in Public Collections of America: A Catalog Raisonné with illustrations of Italian Renaissance Sculptures by the Great Masters which have passed through the House of Duveen. New York, 1944: figs. 128-129, as Young Man in Armour, by the School of Antonio Pollaiuolo.
1948
Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 (reprinted 1959): 123, repro.
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 163.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 144, repro.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 165, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q63810227