Minerva on a Chariot, 15th or 16th century

West Building, Ground Floor — Gallery G15

Medium

bronze//Dark brown patina

Dimensions

overall (oval): 3.55 x 4.27 cm (1 3/8 x 1 11/16 in.)
gross weight: 26.9 gr (0.059 lb.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.152

Artists / Makers

Italian 15th Century (sculptor)

Italian 16th Century (sculptor)

the Antique (artist after)

Image Use

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Marks and Labels

Reverse formerly bore previous inventory number 28 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931); numerals removed in 1982 cleaning.

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

1908: Migeon, Gaston. "La collection de M. Gustave Dreyfus, V: Les plaquettes." Les Arts 80 (August 1908): 22, fig. 5, as after the antique.

1931: Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931: 30, no. 28, pl. 14, 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: 74, no. 250, fig. 37, as unique, from an untraced gem.

1983: Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 27, no. 1, repro.