Hercules and the Nemean Lion
late 15th - early 16th century
Artist, Veronese, 1467 - 1528
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G16
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze//Medium brown patina
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 9.25 × 4.22 cm (3 5/8 × 1 11/16 in.)
gross weight: 57.83 gr (0.127 lb.) -
Accession
1957.14.321
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:, 1:146-147, no. 200.
1908
Migeon, Gaston. "La collection de M. Gustave Dreyfus, V: Les plaquettes." Les Arts 80 (August 1908): 20, fig. 12.
1931
Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931. vol. II, 47, no. 197, pl. 62.
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: 152.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 50, no. 164, fig. 160.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 109, no. 31.
1987
Lewis, Douglas. "The Medallic Oeuvre of 'Moderno':His Development at Mantua in the Circle of 'Antico.'" Studies in the History of Art 21 (1987):90, 92, repro.
1989
Lewis, Douglas. "The Plaquettes of 'Moderno' and His Followers." Studies in the History of Art 22 (1989): 121, 123, 128, repro.
Inscriptions
lower center around field of medallion: ACHELOVS
Markings
Reverse formerly bore previous inventory numbers 153 in red paint (Dreyfus) and 197 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931); numerals removed during 1982 cleaning.
Wikidata ID
Q63815090