Head of an African Man Wearing the Collar of an Enslaved Person, second half 16th century

West Building, Ground Floor - Gallery 14

Medium

cast iron

Dimensions

overall: 5.7 x 3.7 x 4.6 cm (2 1/4 x 1 7/16 x 1 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.54

Artists / Makers

Venetian 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 and New York); purchased 1945 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1957 to NGA.

Associated Names

Dreyfus, Gustave
Duveen Brothers, Inc.
Kress Foundation, Samuel H.

Exhibition History

2012: Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Princeton University Art Museum, 2012-2013.

Bibliography

1931: Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection: Renaissance Bronzes. Oxford, 1931: 54, no. 46, pl. 27.

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: 138, repro. 29, as Paduan 16th Century, Head of a Negro.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 521.

1983: Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 140.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 229, repro.