An Allegorical Scene (Fame Crowning Eros)

Andrea Briosco, called Riccio

Associated Names
Andrea Briosco, called Riccio

Sculptor, Paduan, 1470 - 1532

The sculpture depicts two figures. On the right side, there is a seated figure adorned with flowing attire and an ornate hairstyle. She extends one arm towards the figure on the left, a small winged cherub reaching up. Between them stands a tall palm tree. The circular sculpture has four small holes around the perimeter. It is dark bronze with golden-brown highlights, suggesting a metal like bronze. The surface appears slightly worn and aged. There are detailed engravings and relief of the figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 5.68 cm (2 1/4 in.)
    gross weight: 37.99 gr (0.038 kg)

  • Accession Number

    1957.14.349

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, 225.

1965

  • Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 223.

1983

  • Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 83, no. 31.

2003

  • Gregori, Mina, ed. In the Light of Apollo: Italian Renaissance and Greece. 2 vols. Exh. cat. National Gallery and Alexandros Souzos Museum, Athens, 2003-2004: 1:387, as Allegory of Justice.

Inscriptions

upper left on tablet with handles suspended from laurel branch: I S A (possibly for I[DEM] S[IVE] A[LTER] or The same but different)

Markings

Obverse (behind waist of Fame) bears former inventory number 130 in black ink (unidentified collection). Reverse bears blurred traces (no longer legible) of former inventory number in red paint (Dreyfus), as well as earlier-style former NGA accession number in red paint.

Wikidata ID

Q63814710

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