A Horseman

15th century

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze//Dark brown patina

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (irregular): 4.32 x 4.99 cm (1 11/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
    gross weight: 28.51 gr (0.063 lb.)

  • Accession

    1957.14.376

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: 183, no. 252, pl. 77, as Paduan, fifteenth century.

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: 146, as Paduan, fifteenth century.

1965

  • Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 88–89, no. 310, fig. 279, as late fifteenth or early sixteenth century.

Markings

Reverse bears former inventory numbers 427 and 487 in the same hand, in black paint (unidentified collection), and 252 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931).

Wikidata ID

Q63814795

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