Large Walnut Table with Uberti Arms

c. 1500

Italian 16th Century

Associated Names
Italian 16th Century

Artist

The sculpture is placed on a large wooden table. The piece resembles a decorative finial with intricate designs of scrolls and figures. The sculpture is a dark metallic color, suggesting it may be made of bronze or a similar metal. It sits on a red fabric-covered tabletop in a setting with polished stone flooring and neutral-toned walls.

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On View

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G19

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    walnut, pine, and maple inlay

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 405.1 x 98 x 79.6 cm (159 1/2 x 38 9/16 x 31 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.381

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Vitall [c.1859-1937] and Leopold Benguiat, New York; (their sale, American Art Association-Anderson Galleries, New York, 3 April 1930, no. 545); (French & Co., New York); inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, after purchase 1930 by funds of the estate; gift 1942 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 16.

Wikidata ID

Q62131157

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