Inkwell in the Form of a Child Carrying a Shell
c. 1510/1520
Sculptor

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G14
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 11.6 x 3.7 x 3.9 cm (4 9/16 x 1 7/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
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Accession
1957.14.35
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his estate; purchased 1930 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); purchased 1945 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1957 to NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1931
Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection: Renaissance Bronzes. Oxford, 1931: 42, no. 26, pl. 21.
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: 138, repro. 28, 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. 476.
1971
Mariacher, Giovanni. Bronzetti veneti del rinascimento. Vicenza, 1971: 28 no. 71, repro., as by Riccio.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 84, no. 36.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 191, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q63810255