Lamp in the Form of a Satyr's Head
early 16th century
Sculptor

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G14
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 7.8 x 5.9 x 10.2 cm (3 1/16 x 2 5/16 x 4 in.)
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Accession
1957.14.58
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: 58, no. 51, pl. 29.
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, as Paduan 16th Century.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 479.
1971
Mariacher, Giovanni. Bronzetti veneti del rinascimento. Vicenza, 1971: 30 no. 83, repro., as by Riccio.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 73.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 192, repro.
1998
Avery, Charles, Marzia Ratti, and Angela Acordon, eds. Sculture: bronzetti, placchette, medaglie. Museo Civico Amedeo Lia, La Spezia. [Cinisello Balsamo], 1998: 90, no. 51.
Inscriptions
on copper plate on base: (two undecipherable symbols)
Wikidata ID
Q63810001