Hercules and Antaeus

late 15th - early 16th century

Moderno

Artist, Veronese, 1467 - 1528

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West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G16

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze//Very dark patina

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 7.56 × 5.93 cm (3 × 2 5/16 in.)
    gross weight: 60.96 gr (0.134 lb.)

  • Accession

    1957.14.324

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

Exhibition History

2018

  • Sharing Images: Renaissance Prints into Maiolica and Bronze, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018, no. 14

Bibliography

1886

  • Molinier, Émile. Les Bronzes de la Renaissance. Les Plaquettes; Catalogue Raisonné. 2 vols. Paris, 1886:, 1:148, no. 202 note, repro. 149.

1908

  • Migeon, Gaston. "La collection de M. Gustave Dreyfus, V: Les plaquettes." Les Arts 80 (August 1908): 32, repro. 27 (as by Ulocrino).

1931

  • Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931. vol. II, 150, no. 200, pl. 63.

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. 162, fig. 158.

1983

  • Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 109, no. 25, repro.

1989

  • Lewis, Douglas. "The Plaquettes of 'Moderno' and His Followers." Studies in the History of Art 22 (1989): 112-113, fig. 8; 140, no. I.9.

1997

  • Banzato, Davide, Maria Beltramini, and Davide Gasparatto, eds. Placchette, bronzetti e cristalli incisi dei Musei Civici di Vicenza, secoli XV-XVIII. Vicenza, 1997: 67.

1998

  • Bekker, Gerd. Europäische Plaketten und Medaillen vom 15. bis zum 18. Jahrhundert. Leipzig, 1998: 41.

Markings

Reverse formerly bore previous inventory numbers 156 in red paint (Dreyfus) and 200 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931); numerals removed during 1982 cleaning.

Wikidata ID

Q63815094

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