Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saint Anthony Abbot and Saint Jerome

1490

Moderno

Artist, Veronese, 1467 - 1528

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze//Dark brown patina

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 11.16 × 6.58 cm (4 3/8 × 2 9/16 in.)
    gross weight: 117.48 gr (0.259 lb.)

  • Accession

    1957.14.287

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

1886

  • Molinier, Émile. Les Bronzes de la Renaissance. Les Plaquettes; Catalogue Raisonné. 2 vols. Paris, 1886:, 1:118-119, no. 161, note.

1908

  • Migeon, Gaston. "La collection de M. Gustave Dreyfus, V: Les plaquettes." Les Arts 80 (August 1908): 19, 30 fig. 2.

1931

  • Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931. vol. II, 126-127, no. 163, pl. 53.

1951

  • National Gallery of Art, Renaissance Bronzes: Statuettes, Reliefs and Plaquettes, Medals and Coins from the Kress Collection. Introduction by Perry B. Cott. Washington, 1951: 151.

1965

  • Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 42, no. 133, fig. 183.

1983

  • Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 106, no. 7.

1984

  • Rossi, Francesco. "Rassegna della Placchetta artistica dal XVe al XVIIe secolo." In Terenzani, Ezio, ed. 6a Triennale Italiana della Medaglia d’Arte. Exh. cat. Chiesa di San Francesco, Udine, 1984: 218, no. 69, note.

1989

  • Lewis, Douglas. "The Plaquettes of 'Moderno' and His Followers." Studies in the History of Art 22 (1989): 135, note 100; 140, no. I.13.

1997

  • Banzato, Davide, Maria Beltramini, and Davide Gasparatto, eds. Placchette, bronzetti e cristalli incisi dei Musei Civici di Vicenza, secoli XV-XVIII. Vicenza, 1997: 66.

2006

  • Bergbauer, Bertrand and Catherine Chédeau. Images en relief: La collection de plaquettes du Musée National de la Renaissance. Paris, 2006: 63.

Inscriptions

across center reverse: S[anctus]G[eronimus].S[anctus]. A[ntonius]. / HOC OPVS.MO / DERNI / .C.C.[leaf] (Saint Jerome; Saint Anthony; The coworkers of Moderno made this)

Markings

Reverse formerly bore previous inventory numbers 4608 in black ink (unidentified collection), 22 in red paint (Dreyfus), and 163 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931); numerals removed during 1982 cleaning; “ghost” imprint of 163 remains visible.

Wikidata ID

Q63815061

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