The Virgin and Child with Six Angels
15th century
Artist
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze//Yellow-brown patina
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (oval): 10.22 x 8.89 cm (4 x 3 1/2 in.)
overall (approximate size of central insert): 6.6 x 5.1 cm (2 5/8 x 2 in.)
gross weight: 160.32 gr (0.353 lb.) -
Accession
1957.14.359
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
1886
Molinier, Émile. Les Bronzes de la Renaissance. Les Plaquettes; Catalogue Raisonné. 2 vols. Paris, 1886: 2:32, no. 376, as as Paduan school, The Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels.
1931
Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931: 174, no. 235, pl. 73, as Paduan school, The Virgin and Child with Six Cherubs.
1951
Renaissance Bronzes: Statuettes, Reliefs and Plaquettes, Medals and Coins from the Kress Collection. Introduction by Perry B. Cott. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1951: 145, as Madonna and Child with Six Cherubs.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 90, no. 317, fig. 247, as Madonna and Child with Six Cherubs.
2011
Rossi, Francesco. La collezione Mario Scaglia: placchette. 3 vols. Bergamo, 2011: 1:135, under Variante B, M.5, 136 fig. d, as by an imitator of Andrea Mantegna.
Markings
Reverse bears former inventory numbers 255 in red paint (Dreyfus) and 235 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931).
Wikidata ID
Q63814778