The Entombment, late 15th - early 16th century

West Building, Ground Floor — Gallery G16

Medium

bronze//Dark brown patina

Dimensions

overall: 3.74 × 2.85 cm (1 1/2 × 1 1/8 in.)
gross weight: 18.43 gr (0.041 lb.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.365

Artists / Makers

Moderno (sculptor) Veronese, 1467 - 1528

Image Use

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Marks and Labels

Reverse formerly bore previous inventory number 241 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931); painted numerals removed in 1982 cleaning; faint traces of their chemical imprints remain visible.

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, 241.

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 Paduan 15th Century.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 152.

1983: Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 107, no. 10.

1997: Banzato, Davide, Maria Beltramini, and Davide Gasparatto, eds. Placchette, bronzetti e cristalli incisi dei Musei Civici di Vicenza, secoli XV-XVIII. Vicenza, 1997: 66.