The Spinario

first quarter 16th century

Anonymous Artist

Sculptor

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West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G14


Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 14.7 x 9.6 x 12.6 cm (5 13/16 x 3 3/4 x 4 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1957.14.14


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his estate; purchased 1930 with the entire Dreyfus collection by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris); sold 1944 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1957 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1937

  • Master Bronzes Selected from Museums and Collections in America, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, 1937, no. 133, repro., as Italian (Florence), 15th century.

1998

  • A Collector's Cabinet, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1998, no. 103, fig. 34.

2018

  • The Renaissance Nude, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2018-2019, not in catalogue.

Bibliography

1931

  • Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection: Renaissance Bronzes. Oxford, 1931: 10, no. 5, plate 5.

1951

  • Renaissance Bronzes: Statuettes, Reliefs and Plaquettes, Medals and Coins from the Kress Collection. Introduction by Perry B. Cott. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1951: 137, repro. 25, as by Florentine 15th Century.

1965

  • Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 524.

1994

  • Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 160, repro.

1998

  • Wheelock, Arthur K., Jr. A Collector's Cabinet. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1998: 42, fig. 34, cat. 103.

Wikidata ID

Q63810253


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