Venus in Armour, second quarter 16th century

Not on View

Medium

bronze//Light brown patina

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 6.3 cm (2 1/2 in.) gross weight: 73 gr

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.545

Artists / Makers

Italian 16th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Inscription

around circumference: ARMATAM.TIM EO.VENEREM

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

Dreyfus, Gustave
Duveen Brothers, Inc.
Kress Foundation, Samuel H.

Bibliography

1931: Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931. vol.II, 411.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 394.

1983: Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 93, no. 13.

1998: Bekker, Gerd. Europäische Plaketten und Medaillen vom 15. bis zum 18. Jahrhundert. Leipzig, 1998: 60.