End panel of a writing casket: Medusa Head, Garland, and Bucrania
c. 1500
Artist
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G15
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 6.17 x 10.04 cm (2 7/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
gross weight: 165.12 gr (0.364 lb.) -
Accession
1942.9.149.c
Associated Artworks
Front of a writing casket: Centaurs and Nymphs with Cornucopiae and Bust
Paduan 15th Century
1500
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Oscar Hainauer [d. 1894], Berlin; his wife, Julie Hainauer, Berlin; acquired 1906 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); by exchange 21 October 1920 to Joseph E. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1983
Raphael and the Ruins of Rome: The Poetic Dimension, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1983-1984, unnumbered catalogue.
Bibliography
1897
Bode, Wilhelm von, ed. Die Sammlung Oscar Hainauer / The Collection of Oscar Hainauer. [bound as one volume, English and German pages interleaved in one page sequence] Berlin, 1897 and London, 1906: 87, no. 164 (Plaquette no. 23), as by Andrea Riccio.
1908
A Cabinet of One Hundred & Thirty-Three Bronze Plaques and Medals of the Renaissance Period from the Collection of the Late Herr Oscar Hainauer of Berlin. Ed. Duveen Brothers. London, n.d. (but 1908): no. 128, repro., as by Andrea Riccio.
1942
Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 15.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 166, repro.
Markings
Reverse bears former inventory numbers P.23. (for Plaquette no. 23) in black paint (Bode/Thieme 1897/1906) and 128 in white paint (Hainauer/Duveen 1908).
Wikidata ID
Q63860688