A Sculptor Carving a Statue of Cupid
late 15th - early 16th century
Artist, Veronese, 1467 - 1528

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G16
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze//Dark brown patina(laquer on body of child rubbed)
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (diameter): 4.73 cm (1 7/8 in.)
gross weight: 39.7 gr (0.088 lb.) -
Accession
1957.14.335
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, 211.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 166.
1989
Lewis, Douglas. "The Plaquettes of 'Moderno' and His Followers." Studies in the History of Art 22 (1989): 126-127, repro.
Markings
Reverse bears former inventory numbers 27 in red paint (Dreyfus) and 211 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931).
Wikidata ID
Q63814953