Kneeling Supplicant, 16th century

West Building, Ground Floor - Gallery 10

Medium

gilded bronze

Dimensions

overall: 10.3 x 3.2 x 6.1 cm (4 1/16 x 1 1/4 x 2 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.27

Artists / Makers

Spanish 16th Century (sculptor)

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 Paris); 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: 32, no. 18, pl. 16.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 561.

1983: Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 191.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 222, repro.