The Crucifixion
late 15th - early 16th century
Artist, Veronese, 1467 - 1528
Moderno
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze//Dark brown patina
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 11.5 × 7.78 cm (4 1/2 × 3 1/16 in.)
gross weight: 203.3 gr (0.448 lb.) -
Accession Number
1957.14.294
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:, 1:128-130, no. 171.
1908
Migeon, Gaston. "La collection de M. Gustave Dreyfus, V: Les plaquettes." Les Arts 80 (August 1908): 30, 20 fig. 6.
1931
Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931. vol. II, 132, no. 170, pl. 55.
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: 46, no. 147, fig. 179.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 107, no. 9, repro.
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: 196, no. 37, note, 198, no. 39, note.
1989
Lewis, Douglas. "The Plaquettes of 'Moderno' and His Followers." Studies in the History of Art 22 (1989): 107-108, 140, no. I.2.
2006
Bergbauer, Bertrand and Catherine Chédeau. Images en relief: La collection de plaquettes du Musée National de la Renaissance. Paris, 2006: 62.
Markings
Reverse formerly bore previous inventory numbers 128 (or 126) in red paint (Dreyfus) and 170 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931); numerals removed during 1982 cleaning.
Wikidata ID
Q63815068