Hercules and the Nemean Lion

late 15th - early 16th century

Moderno

Sculptor, Veronese, 1467 - 1528

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze//Dark brown patina

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • 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


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