The Holy Family

second half 15th century

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West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G16

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze//Dark brown patina

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 8.83 x 7.63 cm (3 1/2 x 3 in.)
    gross weight: 202.1 gr (0.446 lb.)

  • Accession

    1957.14.355

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

1908

  • Migeon, Gaston. "La collection de M. Gustave Dreyfus, V: Les plaquettes." Les Arts 80 (August 1908): 27, pl. 16, fig. 7, as by Donatello.

1931

  • Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931: 171, no. 231, pl. 71, as by Giovanni Pisano.

1951

  • National Gallery of Art. Renaissance Bronzes: Statuettes, Reliefs and Plaquettes, Medals and Coins from the Kress Collection. Introduction by Perry B. Cott. Washington, 1951: 153, as by Giovanni da Pisa.

1965

  • Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 22, no. 61, fig. 4, as Style of Donatello.

1983

  • Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 58, no. 1, as Paduan, second half of fifteenth century.

Markings

Reverse bears former inventory numbers 894(?) and 900(?) in black ink (unidentified collection[s]); 542 in white paint (Timbal?), canceled with red paint; 354 in red paint (Dreyfus); and 231 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931).

Wikidata ID

Q63814774

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