Apollo and Marsyas

mid 15th century

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze//Medium brown patina

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (oval): 3.89 x 3.15 cm (1 9/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
    gross weight: 18.39 gr (0.041 lb.)

  • Accession

    1957.14.149

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. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931: 29, no. 25, as Florentine.

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: 142, as Florentine 15th Century.

1965

  • Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 73, no. 247, fig. 36.

1975

  • Wixom, Wililam D. _ Renaissance Bronzes from Ohio Collections_. Exh. cat. Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, 1975: nos. 25-26.

1984

  • Rossi, Francesco. "Rassegna della Placchetta artistica dal XVe al XVIIe secolo." In Terenzani, Ezio, ed. 6a Triennale Italiana della Medaglia d’Arte. Exh. cat. Chiesa di San Francesco, Udine, 1984: 158, no. 2, note.

1998

  • Avery, Charles, Marzia Ratti, and Angela Acordon, eds. Sculture: bronzetti, placchette, medaglie. Museo Civico Amedeo Lia, La Spezia. [Cinisello Balsamo], 1998: 262, no. 182.

2010

  • Gennaioli, Riccardo, ed. Pregio e bellezza: cammei e intagli dei Medici. Exh. cat. Palazzo Pitti, Museo degli Argenti, Florence. Livorno, 2010: 130, no. 38.

2011

  • Rossi, Francesco. La collezione Mario Scaglia: placchette. 3 vols. Bergamo, 2011: 1:31, under Variante C, M.43.

Markings

Reverse bears illegible trace (deteriorated by now-removed adhesive label) of former inventory number in red paint (Dreyfus) and number 25 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931).

Wikidata ID

Q63814720

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