Arion Seated on a Shell, first quarter 16th century

West Building, Ground Floor - Gallery 14

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall: 8.6 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm (3 3/8 x 2 1/16 x 1 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.19

Artists / Makers

Severo da Ravenna (sculptor) Paduan, active 1496 - 1525/1538

Image Use

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Provenance

Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his estate; purchased 1930 with the entire Dreyfus collection by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and New York); sold 1944 to 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: Renaissance Bronzes. Oxford, 1931: 18, no. 10, pl. 9.

1951: Renaissance Bronzes: Statuettes, Reliefs and Plaquettes, Medals and Coins from the Kress Collection. Introduction by Perry B. Cott. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1951: 137, as Musician on a shell by Andrea Briosco Riccio.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 489.

1983: Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 85, no. 46.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 216, repro.