A Man in Armor, c. 1500

West Building, Ground Floor - Gallery 15

Medium

painted and gilded terracotta

Dimensions

overall: 63 x 50 x 29 cm (24 13/16 x 19 11/16 x 11 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.106

Artists / Makers

Vincenzo Onofri (sculptor) active c. 1493/1524

Image Use

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Provenance

(Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); purchased 2 June 1908 by Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania;[1] inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.

[1] According to Widener collection cards in NGA curatorial records.

Associated Names

Duveen Brothers, Inc.
Widener, Joseph E.
Widener, Peter Arrell Brown

Exhibition History

2008: The Color of Life, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2008, no. 2, repro.

Bibliography

1942: Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 7, as by Bolognese Artist.

1944: Duveen Brothers, Inc. Duveen Sculpture in Public Collections of America: A Catalog Raisonné with illustrations of Italian Renaissance Sculptures by the Great Masters which have passed through the House of Duveen. New York, 1944: figs. 128-129, as Young Man in Armour, by the School of Antonio Pollaiuolo.

1948: Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 (reprinted 1959): 123, repro.

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 163.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 144, repro.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 165, repro.