Frieze of Tritons and Nereids [reverse]

Master IO.F.F.

Artist, Bolognese, active 1468/1484

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On View

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G16

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze//Yellow-brown patina

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 6 cm (2 3/8 in.)
    gross weight: 57.5 gr (0.127 lb.)

  • Accession

    1957.14.446.b

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

1998

  • Bekker, Gerd. Europäische Plaketten und Medaillen vom 15. bis zum 18. Jahrhundert. Leipzig, 1998: 51.

Inscriptions

center monogram, with laurel border: M A C R (possibly for a name, such as "Marc' Antonio CR...," or "C...Marini")[1]

Wikidata ID

Q63814944

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