Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian
Artist, Parmese, active 1455/1478

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G16
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze//Medium brown patina
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 5.1 x 8.62 cm (2 x 3 3/8 in.)
gross weight: 87.13 gr (0.192 lb.) -
Accession
1957.14.183
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: 1:61-62, no. 92.
1931
Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931: 50, no. 59, pl. 20.
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.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 23, no. 64, fig. 66.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 59, no. 6.
Inscriptions
below angle of ground line: IOANNIS.FRANCISI.PARMENSIS.OPVS. (The work of Giovanni Francesco of Parma)
Markings
Reverse bears previous inventory numbers 59 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931).
Wikidata ID
Q63814987