An Amazon

c. 1500

North Italian 16th Century

Associated Names
North Italian 16th Century

Artist

The sculpture depicts a human figure standing in a frontal pose with legs slightly apart, holding a bow in the left hand and a quiver of arrows in the right. The figure is nude and has distinct feminine features, such as breasts and flowing hair. The sculpture is crafted in a relief style within an oval frame with a braided or rope-like pattern along its edge. The material appears to be a type of metal with a worn, aged patina, displaying a base color of dark bronze or brownish-gold with areas where the metal’s natural color or polishing highlights shine through. The figure is rendered in a rough and textured manner, giving it an ancient and rustic appearance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze//Greyish patina

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (oval): 6.7 x 4.15 cm (2 5/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
    gross weight: 61.97 gr (0.137 lb.)

  • Accession Number

    1957.14.421

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: 2:87, no. 499, as Northern Italian.

1931

  • Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931: 210-211, no. 297, pl. 88, as Northern Italian.

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: 148, as Northern Italian.

1965

  • Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 99, no. 352, fig. 305, as Northern Italian.

2011

  • Rossi, Francesco. La collezione Mario Scaglia: placchette. 3 vols. Bergamo, 2011: 1:54, under Prototipo, M.4, as Lombard school, last quarter of the fifteenth century.

Markings

Reverse bears former inventory numbers 374 in black ink (unidentified collection), 8[?]0 (mostly effaced) in red paint (Dreyfus), and 297 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931).

Wikidata ID

Q63814834

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