Winged Child Carrying a Torch
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G14
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze//Black lacquer (rubbed on torso) over red-brown bronze, copper base filled with lead
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 10.6 x 3.4 x 3.5 cm (4 3/16 x 1 5/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
accessory size (height): 2.4 cm (15/16 in.) -
Accession
1957.14.51
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: 52, no. 42, pl. 26.
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 Standing cupid by Italian 16th Century.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 460.
1970
Gazda, Elaine K., and George M.A. Hanfman. "Ancient Bronzes: Decline, ...," in Art and Technology; a Symposium on Classical Bronzes. eds. Doeringer, ... Cambridge and London, 1970: 254-256, 257, fig. 18.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 84-85, no. 39.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 108, repro., as Hellenistic or Roman 2nd Century B.C.-1st Century A.D.
Wikidata ID
Q63810136