Lion, c. 1780/1855

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Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (height by length): 35.4 × 41.9 cm (13 15/16 × 16 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.7

Artists / Makers

Roman 18th/19th Century (sculptor)

Image Use

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Provenance

Dr. Eduard Simon [1864-1929], Berlin; (his sale, Berlin, 10-11 October 1929, no. 47). (A.S. Drey Galleries, New York), in 1935. Purchased 1945 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1957 to NGA.

Associated Names

Drey, A.S.
Kress Foundation, Samuel H.
Simon, Eduard, Dr.

Exhibition History

1935: Sculpture of the Italian Renaissance. A.S. Drey Galleries, New York, March, 1935, no. 8, as Donatello (or close to).

Bibliography

1907: Bode, Wilhelm von. Die Italienischen Bronzestatuetten der Renaissance. 3 vols. Berlin, 1907: 3:22, pl. 247.

1922: Bode, Wilhelm von. Die Italienischen Bronzestatuetten der Renaissance. Berlin, 1922: 81, pl. 97.

1925: Schottmüller, Frida. "Tierbronzen der Italienischen Renaissance in Berliner Privatbesitz." Der Kunstwanderer (March 1925): 224 fig. 5, 225.

1946: Frankfurter, Alfred M. Supplement to the Kress Collection in the National Gallery. New York, 1946: 41, repro., as Florentine School.

1959: Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959: 425, repro., as Florentine School.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 499.

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 155, as Florentine School.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 137, repro., as Florentine School.

1980: Bode, Wilhelm von. The Italian Bronze Statuettes of the Renaissance. Edited and revised by James David Draper. Translated by William Grétor. New York, 1980:109, as probably Italian 17th century (Draper’s attribution); pl. CCXLVII:1, as Italian, first half of the 16th century (Bode’s attribution).

1992: Penny, Nicholas. Catalogue of European Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum: 1540 to the Present Day 3 vols. Oxford, 1992: I (Italian): 130.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 210, repro.