Saint George and the Dragon

Not on View

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.255

Artists / Makers

Andrea Briosco, called Riccio (sculptor) Paduan, 1470 - 1532

Image Use

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Marks and Labels

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).

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, 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.