A Seated Nymph
early 16th century
Sculptor
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 21.6 x 13.1 x 12.6 cm (8 1/2 x 5 3/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
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Accession
1957.14.21
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
1983
Raphael and the Ruins of Rome: The Poetic Dimension, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1983-1984, unnumbered catalogue.
Bibliography
1931
Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection: Renaissance Bronzes. Oxford, 1931: 22, no. 12, pl. 11.
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. 27, as by Andrea Briosco Riccio.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 523.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 160, repro.
Allison, Ann Hersey. The Bronzes of Pier Jacopo Alari-Conacolsi, called Antico. Vienna, 1994: 198-200, version O, fig. 148.
2017
Dickerson III, C.D. "The Sculpture Collection: Shaping a Vision, Expanding a Legacy." _ National Gallery of Art Bulletin_ 56 (Spring 2017): 12-13, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q63809967