Door Knocker, 16th century

Not on View

Medium

bronze//Medium brown patina

Dimensions

overall: 18.4 x 12.4 x 2.7 cm (7 1/4 x 4 7/8 x 1 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.122

Artists / Makers

Italian 16th Century (artist)

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.

Bibliography

1931: Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection: Renaissance Bronzes. Oxford, 1931: 138, no. 119, pl. 70

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, repro. 46, as Door knocker in the shape of a horned and bearded mask.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 500.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 114, repro.

1998: Vannel, Fiorenza, and Giuseppe Toderi. Medaglie e placchette del Museo Bardini di Firenze. Florence, 1998: 161.