Mucius Scaevola
early 16th century
Paduan 16th Century
Sculptor
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze//Light brown patina
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Credit Line
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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.) -
Accession Number
1957.14.217
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: 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.
Inscriptions
lower left on altar: SCEV / OLA
Wikidata ID
Q63814761