Seated Female Figure, early 16th century

West Building, Ground Floor — Gallery G14

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall: 19 x 13.2 x 13.3 cm (7 1/2 x 5 3/16 x 5 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.138

Artists / Makers

North Italian 16th Century (sculptor)

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
Read our full Open Access policy for images .

Provenance

(Stefano Bardini [1836-1922], Florence); (his sale, Christies, London, 5-7 June 1899, no. 474).[1] John Edward Taylor, London; (his estate sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 1-4, 9-10 July 1912, 1st day, no. 32, as Andromeda by Riccio); (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York);[2] sold 11 November 1912 to Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins, Philadelphia;[3] gift 1942 to NGA.

[1] See letter dated 16 July 1974 from C. Douglas Lewis in NGA curatorial files.

[2] Annotated copy of sales catalogue in NGA curatorial files.

[3] See letter dated 9 January 1979 from C. Douglas Lewis in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Bardini, Stefano
Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd.
Duveen Brothers, Inc.
Taylor, John Edward
Widener, Joseph E.
Widener, Peter Arrell Brown

Exhibition History

1978: Severo Calzeta, called Severo da Ravenna, The Frick Collection, New York, 1978, no. 14.

Bibliography

1942: Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 9, as Andromeda by Riccio.

1948: Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 (reprinted 1959): 142, repro., as Andromeda by Riccio.

1983: Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 70.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 160, repro.