An Allegorical Scene
Sculptor, Paduan, 1470 - 1532

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G14
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (diameter): 5.65 cm (2 1/4 in.)
gross weight: 43.86 gr (0.097 lb.) -
Accession
1957.14.348
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, 224.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 222.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 83, no. 32.
2006
Bergbauer, Bertrand and Catherine Chédeau. Images en relief: La collection de plaquettes du Musée National de la Renaissance. Paris, 2006: 72.
Markings
Reverse bears former inventory number 192(?) in black ink (unidentified collection), as well as earlier-style NGA accession number in red paint.
Wikidata ID
Q63814709