A Nymph on a Dolphin
Sculptor, Lucchese, active 1489/1516
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze//Light brownpatina
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (diameter): 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.) gross weight: 47 gr
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Accession
1957.14.572
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
Exhibition History
2004
Matteo Civitali e il suo Tempo: Pittori, scultori e orafi a Lucca nel tardo Quattrocento, Museo Nazionale di Villa Guinigi, Lucca, 2004, no. 5.15, repro.
Bibliography
1931
Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931. vol.II, 438.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 77.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 28, no. 1.
Inscriptions
lower left in exergue: .F.MAR.
Wikidata ID
Q63814984