The Christ Child, c. 1500/1509

Not on View

Medium

bronze//Medium brown patina

Dimensions

overall: 9.2 x 7.3 x 6.8 cm (3 5/8 x 2 7/8 x 2 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.53

Artists / Makers

Severo da Ravenna (sculptor) Paduan, active 1496 - 1525/1538

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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.

Exhibition History

1973: Loan for display with permanent collection, Musée du Louvre, Paris, France, 1970; 1973-2003; 2004-

Bibliography

1931: Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection: Renaissance Bronzes. Oxford, 1931: 52, no. 44, 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 Child with a ball 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. 527.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 217, repro.

1998: Avery, Charles, Marzia Ratti, and Angela Acordon, eds. Sculture: bronzetti, placchette, medaglie. Museo Civico Amedeo Lia, La Spezia. [Cinisello Balsamo], 1998: 38.

2020: Malgouyres, Philippe. De Filarete à Riccio. Bronzes italiens de la Renaissance (1430-1550). La collection du musée du Louvre. Paris, 2020: 195-196, repro. 197, 447.