Jesus Among the Doctors

1537 or after

Valerio Belli

Associated Names
Valerio Belli

Artist, Italian, 1468 - 1546

The sculpture depicts multiple figures in dynamic poses. A group of figures on the left gesture and interact with a central figure standing elevated on a platform to the right. The central figure is slightly raised above the others. All figures are draped in ancient attire, with flowing robes and detailed folds. The scene is carved in relief on a rectangular plaque crafted from a bronze-like material. The figure on the pedestal is more prominent than the others. The background includes architectural elements with arches and pilasters framing the composition.

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On View

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G16

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze//Dark brown patina (slightly rubbed)

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 6.1 x 9.9 cm (2 3/8 x 3 7/8 in.) gross weight: 155 gr

  • Accession Number

    1957.14.487

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:, 1:193, no. 264.

1931

  • Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931. vol. II, 242, no. 353, pl. 102.

1951

  • National Gallery of Art. Renaissance Bronzes: Statuettes, Reliefs and Plaquettes, Medals and Coins from the Kress Collection. Introduction by Perry B. Cott. Washington, 1951: 156.

1965

  • Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 9, no. 6, fig. 354.

1979

  • Kris, Ernst. Meister und Meisterwerke der Steinschneidekunst in der italienischen Renaissance. 1929. Reprint, 2 vols. in 1. Vienna, 1979: 51-52, 162, no. 175, pl. 41.

1983

  • Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 114, no. 4.

1998

  • Avery, Charles, Marzia Ratti, and Angela Acordon, eds. Sculture: bronzetti, placchette, medaglie. Museo Civico Amedeo Lia, La Spezia. [Cinisello Balsamo], 1998: 288, no. 208.

2004

  • Donati, Valentino and Rosanna Casadio. Bronzi e pietre dure nelle incisione di Valerio Belli vicentino. Ferrara, 2004: 86.

Inscriptions

lower right on altar: VALERIVS / FE

Wikidata ID

Q63815264

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