A Roman Emperor
15th or 16th century
Sculptor
Sculptor

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G15
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze//Medium brown patina
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (oval): 4.47 x 3.47 cm (1 3/4 x 1 3/8 in.)
gross weight: 26.17 gr (0.058 lb.) -
Accession
1957.14.177
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: 45, no. 53, pl. 18, as Florentine, Bust of a Youth.
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: 143, as Florentine, Bust of a Roman emperor.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 78, no. 271, fig. 52.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 28, no. 9.
Markings
Reverse bears former inventory number 441 in black ink (unidentified collection).
Wikidata ID
Q63814748