Cupid on a Flying Swan
late 16th century
Sculptor
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze//Light brown patina
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (oval): 7.5 x 6.5 cm (2 15/16 x 2 9/16 in.) gross weight: 84 gr
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Accession
1957.14.517
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. vol.II, 383.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 401.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 112, no. 5.
Wikidata ID
Q63814874