A Sea Monster, second quarter 16th century

West Building, Ground Floor — Gallery G14

Medium

bronze//Medium brown bronze

Dimensions

overall: 4.5 x 13.3 x 8.8 cm (1 3/4 x 5 1/4 x 3 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.74

Artists / Makers

Anonymous Artist (sculptor)

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

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.

Exhibition History

1978: Severo Calzeta, called Severo da Ravenna, The Frick Collection, New York, 1978, no. 17.

2000: The Fantastic in Renaissance Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000.

Bibliography

1931: Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection: Renaissance Bronzes. Oxford, 1931: 84, no. 68, pl. 42.

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 by Andrea Briosco Riccio.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 488.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 218, repro.