Ceres and Triptolemus, mid 15th century

West Building, Ground Floor - Gallery 15

Medium

bronze//Light brown patina

Dimensions

overall (oval): 4.49 x 3.52 cm (1 3/4 x 1 3/8 in.)
gross weight: 28.67 gr (0.063 lb.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.154

Artists / Makers

Roman 15th Century (sculptor)

the Antique (artist after)

Image Use

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Marks and Labels

Reverse bears former inventory numbers 45 in black ink (unidentified collection), 8 in red paint (Dreyfus), and 30 (partly effaced) in yellow paint (Ricci 1931).

Provenance

Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his estate; purchased 1930 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

1886: Molinier, Émile. Les Bronzes de la Renaissance. Les Plaquettes; Catalogue Raisonné. 2 vols. Paris, 1886: 1:8-9, no. 11, with line drawing by P. Vidal.

1931: Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931: 32-33, no. 30, pl. 15, as Florentine.

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: 142, as Florentine 15th Century.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 74-75, no. 252, fig. 48.

1973: Dacos, Nicole. "Saggio di inventario delle opere ispirate da gemme Medici nel Rinascimento." In Nicole Dacos, Antonio Giuliano, and Ulrico Pannuti, eds. Il Tesoro di Lorenzo il Magnifico. 2 vols. Exh. cat. Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence, 1973: 1:97, 161, no. 15, section C, fig. 72.

1980: Dacos, Nicole. "Saggio di inventario delle opere ispirate da gemme Medici nel Rinascimento." In Nicole Dacos, et al. Il Tesoro di Lorenzo il Magnifico: Repertorio delle gemme e dei vasi. Florence, 1980: 113, no. 15, section C, fig. 72.

1989: Pope-Hennessy, John. "The Study of Italian Plaquettes." Studies in the History of Art 22 (1989): 20, 21 fig. 4.

1989: Rossi, Francesco. "Le Gemme Antiche e le Origini della Placchetta." In Italian Plaquettes. Douglas Lewis, ed. Studies in the History of Art 22, Symposium Papers 9 (1989): 57-58, fig. 4.

2006: Bergbauer, Bertrand and Catherine Chédeau. Images en relief: La collection de plaquettes du Musée National de la Renaissance. Paris, 2006: 58.

2011: Rossi, Francesco. La collezione Mario Scaglia: placchette. 3 vols. Bergamo, 2011: 1:34, under Prototipo, M.15.