Head of a Faun

Andrea Briosco, called Riccio

Sculptor, Paduan, 1470 - 1532

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 5.9 x 4.2 x 4.8 cm (2 5/16 x 1 5/8 x 1 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1957.14.57


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his estate; purchased 1930 with the entire Dreyfus collection 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: 57, no. 50, pl. 28.

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.

1965

  • Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 544.

1994

  • Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 190, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q63809199


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