Lucretia Stabbing Herself, late 15th - early 16th century

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Medium

bronze//Dark brown patina

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 5.12 cm (2 in.)
gross weight: 43.06 gr (0.095 lb.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.339

Artists / Makers

Moderno (artist) Veronese, 1467 - 1528

Image Use

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Marks and Labels

Reverse bears former inventory numbers 35 in faint white paint (crossed out in thicker white paint; unidentified collection), 169 in red paint (Dreyfus), and 215 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931).

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

Dreyfus, Gustave
Duveen Brothers, Inc.
Kress Foundation, Samuel H.

Bibliography

1931: Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931. vol.II, 215.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 185.