Busts of Man and Woman

c. 1600

Netherlandish 17th Century

Associated Names
Netherlandish 17th Century

Artist

This is a rectangular relief depicting two people close together. Both are seen from the chest up, in profile. The man on the left is wearing a tall hat adorned with prominent feathers, and he has a pointed beard. The woman on the right has curly hair under a cloth headcover. Both people are bare-chested, but cloth is draped around their shoulders. They are looking towards each other, their faces close. The piece is dark brown and has a loop at the top with a hole in the center, perhaps for mounting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (from top loop): 10 x 5.4 cm (3 15/16 x 2 1/8 in.) gross weight: 59 gr

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.193

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.

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Bibliography

1897

  • Bode, Wilhelm von, ed. Die Sammlung Oscar Hainauer / The Collection of Oscar Hainauer. [bound as one volume, English and German pages interleaved in one page sequence] Berlin, 1897 and London, 1906:, no. 235.

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. 91, repro.

1942

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

Wikidata ID

Q63809924

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