The Magdalen
Artist, Milanese, c. 1452 - 1526/1527
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze//Dark brown patina
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (diameter): 4.63 cm (1 13/16 in.)
gross weight: 30.5 gr (0.067 lb.) -
Accession
1957.14.225
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. vol.II, 101.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 370.
Markings
Reverse bears earlier-style NGA accession number in red paint.
Wikidata ID
Q63814965