Justice, Science and Might

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Medium

bronze//Medium brown patina

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 42.1 cm (16 9/16 in.)
gross weight: 18.98 gr (0.042 lb.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.224

Artists / Makers

Caradosso Foppa (artist) Milanese, c. 1452 - 1526/1527

Image Use

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Marks and Labels

Reverse bears partially effaced former inventory numbers 115 in red paint (Dreyfus) and 100 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931), as well as illegible inscription in black ink (apparently a reference to Molinier 1886).

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. vol.II, 100.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 371.