A Lion-Hunt, late 15th - early 16th century

West Building, Ground Floor - Gallery 16

Medium

bronze//Light brown patina

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 8.26 cm (3 1/4 in.)
gross weight: 96.85 gr (0.214 lb.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.341

Artists / Makers

Moderno (artist) Veronese, 1467 - 1528

Image Use

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Marks and Labels

Reverse bears former inventory numbers 171 in red paint (Dreyfus) and 217 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, 217.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 168.

1989: Lewis, Douglas. "The Plaquettes of 'Moderno' and His Followers." Studies in the History of Art 22 (1989): 124-125, repro.

1989: Pope-Hennessy, John. "The Study of Italian Plaquettes." Studies in the History of Art 22 (1989): 25-26, fig. 18.

2014: Warren, Jeremy. Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture. A Catalogue of the Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Oxford, 2014: 3:865.