Hercules and the Nemean Lion
late 15th - early 16th century
Sculptor, Veronese, 1467 - 1528
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze//Dark brown patina
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 7.85 × 6.6 cm (3 1/16 × 2 5/8 in.)
gross weight: 138.81 gr (0.306 lb.) -
Accession
1957.14.318
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, 194.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 179.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 109, no. 28.
1989
Lewis, Douglas. "The Plaquettes of 'Moderno' and His Followers." Studies in the History of Art 22 (1989): 131, 132, repro.
Markings
Reverse formerly bore previous inventory numbers 151 in red paint (Dreyfus) and 194 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931); numerals removed in 1982 cleaning.
Wikidata ID
Q63814946