Part of a Sword Pommel (Centaur Supporting Medallion; Venus Flanked by Mars and Hercules)
Artist, Milanese, c. 1452 - 1526/1527
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G16
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze//Light brown patina
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 3.78 x 3.65 cm (1 1/2 x 1 7/16 in.)
gross weight: 33.52 gr (0.074 lb.) -
Accession
1957.14.227
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
1908
Migeon, Gaston. "La collection de M. Gustave Dreyfus, V: Les plaquettes." Les Arts 80 (August 1908): 18, repro., as Sword Pommel, by Caradosso.
1931
Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931: 75, no. 103, pl. 31, as by Caradosso.
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: 148, as by Caradosso.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 100, no. 360, fig. 302, as North Italian, late fifteenth or early sixteenth century.
Markings
Reverse bears former inventory number 18 in red paint (Dreyfus), and earlier-style NGA accession number in red paint.
Wikidata ID
Q63814967