Infant Bacchants with Pipes, a Vase, and a Mask of Silenus
c. 1465/1471
Artist
Roman 15th Century
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze//Dark brown patina
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 4.45 x 8.06 cm (1 3/4 x 3 3/16 in.)
gross weight: 46.98 gr (0.104 lb.) -
Accession Number
1957.14.136
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
1886
Molinier, Émile. Les Bronzes de la Renaissance. Les Plaquettes; Catalogue Raisonné. 2 vols. Paris, 1886: 1:46, no. 79, as School of Donatello.
1931
Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931: 16, no. 12, pl. 8, as by Donatello.
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: 141, as Attributed to Donatello.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 100-101, no. 361, fig. 303, as probably North Italian.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 82, no. 28, as North Italian, early sixteenth century.
2011
Rossi, Francesco. La collezione Mario Scaglia: placchette. 3 vols. Bergamo, 2011: 1:80, under Prototipo, M.27, as by circle of Cristoforo di Geremia.
Markings
Reverse bears former inventory numbers (illegible) in white paint (unidentified collection) and 54 in red paint (Dreyfus), and earlier-style NGA accession number in red paint.
Wikidata ID
Q63810128