The Bust of a Man (Vulcan?)

West Building, Ground Floor - Gallery 14

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall: 5.1 x 3.8 x 4.3 cm (2 x 1 1/2 x 1 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.56

Artists / Makers

Andrea Briosco, called Riccio (sculptor) Paduan, 1470 - 1532

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.

Bibliography

1931: Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection: Renaissance Bronzes. Oxford, 1931: 56, no. 49, pl. 28.

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.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 472.

1983: Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 73.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 189, repro.

1998: Vannel, Fiorenza, and Giuseppe Toderi. Medaglie e placchette del Museo Bardini di Firenze. Florence, 1998: 162.

2020: Malgouyres, Philippe. De Filarete à Riccio. Bronzes italiens de la Renaissance (1430-1550). La collection du musée du Louvre. Paris, 2020: 179-180.