A Child on a Dolphin

c. 1525/1550

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West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G14

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze//Black lacquer (much rubbed on exposed areas) over light yellowish bronze

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 14.5 x 9 x 9.5 cm (5 11/16 x 3 9/16 x 3 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1957.14.42

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: 46, no. 33, pl. 23.

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: 141, repro. 35, as by Peter Vischer the elder.

1957

  • Shapley, Fern Rusk. Comparisons in Art: A Companion to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. London, 1957 (reprinted 1959): pl. 104.

1965

  • Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 550.

1994

  • Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 89, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q63809215

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