Mucius Scaevola, early 16th century

Not on View

Medium

bronze//Light brown patina

Dimensions

overall (trapezoidal): 3.79 x 3.22 cm (1 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.)
gross weight: 18.38 gr (0.041 lb.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.217

Artists / Makers

Paduan 16th Century (sculptor)

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left on altar: SCEV / OLA

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: 69, no. 93, pl. 29, as Milanese, c. 1490.

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: 145, as Milanese, fifteenth century.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 92, no. 324, fig. 251, as Paduan, late fifteenth or early sixteenth century.

1983: Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 67, no. 21, as Paduan, late fifteenth or early sixteenth century.