Venus and Cupid [obverse], late 15th century

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Medium

bronze//Medium brown patina

Dimensions

overall (irregular oblong): 7 x 4.4 cm (2 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.) gross weight: 82 gr

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.375.a

Artists / Makers

Paduan 15th Century (artist)

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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, 251.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 325.

Venus and Cupid [obverse], late 15th century

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