The Money Counter (Geldzähler), 1630-1650

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Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall: 22.1 cm (8 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Robert H. Smith/Robert H. Smith Collection

Accession Number

2022.181.65

Artists / Makers

Leonhard Kern (artist) German, 1588 - 1662

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Provenance

(Von Frey, Paris);[1] Dr. Johannes Jantzen [1887-1972], Bad Homburg; private collection, Bremen; Galerie Neuse, Bremen; Robert H. Smith [1928-2009], Arlington, VA; by inheritance to his wife Clarice R. Smith [1933-2021], Arlington, VA; the Clarice R. Smith Revocable Trust; gift 2022 to NGA.

[1] Provenance from Art of the Renaissance bronze, 1500-1650 (see bibliography). Von Frey likely refers to Alexander von Frey [1882-1951], an art dealer active in Swizterland and Paris before moving to New York in.1948. He had a collection of small European Renaissance bronzes that was sold at Sotheby's London on 8 December 1988 (this work was not included in the sale). According to the catalogue, his collection was mostly complete by 1929.

Associated Names

Galerie Neuse Kunsthandel GmbH
Jantzen, Johannes Dr.
Smith, Robert H.

Bibliography

2007: Cristanetti, Simona, et al. Recent Acquisitions Made to the Robert H. Smith Collection of Renaissance Bronzes. London, 2007: 54-57, 60, repro. no. 65.

2015: Schmidt, Eike D., et al. Bronze, Boxwood, and Ivory in the Robert H. Smith Collection of Renaissance Sculpture. London, 2015: 5.