Lamp, Lower Portion

c. 1800/1899

Anonymous Artist after Andrea Briosco, called Riccio

Associated Names
Anonymous Artist

Artist

Andrea Briosco, called Riccio

Artist After, Paduan, 1470 - 1532

The image shows a shallow, intricately detailed basin or bowl with a decorative design on its exterior. The design resembles intertwined figures or patterns. The sculpture has a dark bronze color with greenish patches, suggesting it may be made of bronze. The surface appears worn and aged, with a green patina. The bowl has an uneven, organic shape with undulating edges. It is mounted on a dark, polished pedestal.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gilded bronze

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (outer lip of cup to opp. circum.): 10.3 cm (4 1/16 in.)
    overall (depth): 2.3 cm (7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.150.b

Associated Artworks

This is a small, round, bronze-colored metal piece with an open circle in the center. It features a raised design depicting humans and objects, although a dark patina obscures some of the designs on the metal. Along with the central opening, there are three smaller circles around the edge of the object, as if to attach it to something.

Lamp, Upper Portion

Anonymous Artist

1800

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Oscar Hainauer [d. 1894], Berlin; his wife, Julie Hainauer, Berlin; acquired 1906 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); by exchange 21 October 1920 to Joseph E. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1908

  • A Cabinet of One Hundred & Thirty-Three Bronze Plaques and Medals of the Renaissance Period from the Collection of the Late Herr Oscar Hainauer of Berlin. Ed. Duveen Brothers. London, n.d. (but 1908): no. 68, repro.

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 15.

1994

  • Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 193, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q63863556

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