A Crow

16th century

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze with gilding//Dark patina, eyes gilded

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 7.3 x 6.3 x 9.5 cm (2 7/8 x 2 1/2 x 3 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1957.14.84

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: 90, no. 78, pl. 45.

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: 140, as Crow perched on a branch.

1965

  • Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 548.

1994

  • Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 113, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q63809683

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