Warrior and Horseman Fighting, late 15th - early 16th century

West Building, Ground Floor - Gallery 15

Medium

bronze//Medium brown patina (raised surfaces much rubbed)

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 4.99 cm (1 15/16 in.)
gross weight: 47.36 gr (0.104 lb.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.203

Artists / Makers

Pseudo Melioli (artist) Italian, active late 15th century - early 16th century

Image Use

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Marks and Labels

Reverse bears former inventory numbers 80 in red paint (Dreyfus) and 79 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: 1:76-77, no. 114, as by Melioli (mistakely describing the image in reverse sense).

1908: Migeon, Gaston. "La collection de M. Gustave Dreyfus, V: Les plaquettes." Les Arts 80 (August 1908): repro. 23, as by Melioli.

1931: Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931: 60-61, no. 79, as by Pseudo-Melioli.

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: 144, as by Pseudo-Melioli.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 59, no. 199, fig. 216, as by Pseudo-Melioli.

2011: Rossi, Francesco. La collezione Mario Scaglia: placchette. 3 vols. Bergamo, 2011: 1:140, under Prototipo, M.4.