Saint George and the Dragon

Andrea Briosco, called Riccio

Sculptor, Paduan, 1470 - 1532

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 5.35 × 6.07 cm (2 1/8 × 2 3/8 in.)
    gross weight: 54.08 gr (0.119 lb.)

  • Accession

    1957.14.255

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, 131.

1965

  • Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 228.

1983

  • Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 79, no. 12.

Markings

Reverse bears former inventory numbers (illegible) in white paint (unidentifiable collection) and 180 in red paint (Dreyfus), and formerly bore number 131 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931).

Wikidata ID

Q63814693

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