Orpheus Descending into Hades

late 15th - early 16th century

Moderno

Sculptor, Veronese, 1467 - 1528

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West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G16

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze//Black patina

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 10.67 cm (4 3/16 in.)
    gross weight: 143.55 gr (0.316 lb.)

  • Accession

    1957.14.330

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, 206.

1965

  • Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 52, no. 171, fig. 195.

1983

  • Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 110, no. 35.

2013

  • Leino, Marika. Fashion, Devotion and Contemplation: The Status and Functions of Italian Renaissance Plaquettes. Oxford, 2013: 125 fig. 74, 126.

Markings

Reverse formerly bore previous inventory numbers 904 in white paint, canceled with bar of red paint, as well as 162 in red paint (Dreyfus) and 206 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931); numerals removed in 1982 cleaning.

Wikidata ID

Q63814950

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