A Triton, early 16th century

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Medium

bronze//Medium brown bronze originally fully gilded (gilding much rubbed)

Dimensions

overall: 4.5 x 3.2 x 3.4 cm (1 3/4 x 1 1/4 x 1 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.47

Artists / Makers

Italian 16th Century (artist)

Image Use

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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

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

Bibliography

1931: Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection: Renaissance Bronzes. Oxford, 1931: 50, no. 38, pl. 25.

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, as Triton astride a dolphin.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 529.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 119, repro.

A Triton, early 16th century

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