Bacchus, 16th/19th century

Not on View

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall with base: 18.1 x 6.3 x 5.5 cm (7 1/8 x 2 1/2 x 2 3/16 in.)
base (height): 8 cm (3 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.26

Artists / Makers

Anonymous Artist (sculptor)

Michelangelo (artist after) Florentine, 1475 - 1564

Image Use

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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

Dreyfus, Gustave
Duveen Brothers, Inc.
Kress Foundation, Samuel H.

Exhibition History

1985: Natur und Antike in der Renaissance, Städtische Galerie Liebieghaus, Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany, 1985-1986, no. 297, repro.

Bibliography

1931: Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection: Renaissance Bronzes. Oxford, 1931: 30, no. 17, pl. 15.

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: 139, repro. 30, as by Florentine 16th Century.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 468.

1983: Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 190, no. 52.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 150, repro.

1996: Fidanza, Giovan Battista. Vincenzo Danti 1530-1573. Florence, 1996: 111.