Ariadne on Naxos
second half 15th century
Artist, Bolognese, active 1468/1484
Master IO.F.F.
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
gilded bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (diameter): 5.45 cm (2 1/8 in.)
gross weight: 30.84 gr (0.068 lb.) -
Accession Number
1942.9.209
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
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: 93, no. 200 (Plaquette no. 60), as Bacchanalian Scene, by Giovanni Fiorentino [that is, Master IO.F.F.].
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. 52, repro., as Ariadne on the Isle of Naxos.
1942
Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 15.
2011
Rossi, Francesco. La collezione Mario Scaglia: placchette. 3 vols. Bergamo, 2011: 1:261, under Prototipo, C.16, as part of the Hainauer Collection.
Inscriptions
in exergue, in relief: .IO[HANNES].F[ONDULINI].F[ONDULI] [followed by a sprig of horseradish or "cren" to signify "da Crema"] (Giovanni di Fondulino Fonduli, da Crema)
Markings
Reverse bears former inventory numbers 30(?) in black ink (unidentified collection), P.60. (for Plaquette no. 60) in black paint (Bode/Thieme 1897/1906), and 52. in white paint (Hainauer/Duveen 1908).
Wikidata ID
Q63809835