Vulcan Forging the Arrows of Cupid, late 15th - early 16th century

Not on View

Medium

gilded bronze//(much abraded)

Dimensions

overall: 6.04 x 5.79 cm (2 3/8 x 2 1/4 in.)
gross weight: 102.07 gr (0.225 lb.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.196

Artists / Makers

Pseudo Melioli (sculptor) Italian, active late 15th century - early 16th century

Image Use

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Marks and Labels

Reverse formerly bore previous inventory numbers 75 in white paint (unidentified collection) and 72 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931); numerals were removed during 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

1931: Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931: 57, no. 72, pl. 23., as by Pseudo Melioli.

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: 144, as Vulcan Forging the Arms of Aeneas, by Pseudo Melioli.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 60, no. 202, fig. 217, as by Pseudo Melioli.

1983: Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 95, no. 7, as by Pseudo Melioli.