The Dead Christ between the Virgin and Saint John, 15th century

Not on View

Medium

bronze//Very dark patina

Dimensions

overall: 8 x 5.6 cm (3 1/8 x 2 3/16 in.) gross weight: 98 gr

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.363

Artists / Makers

Paduan 15th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Inscription

center: O DOMINE IESV CRI / STE ADORO TE IN / CVCE PENDENTEM

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

1931: Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931. vol.II, 239.

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: 145.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 316.

2011: Rossi, Francesco. La collezione Mario Scaglia: placchette. 3 vols. Bergamo, 2011: 1:108, under Variante A, M.6, as by Pietro delle Campane (?).