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Netherlandish 16th Century

Adrian VI (Adrian Dedal, 1459-1523), Pope 1522, 1522/1523

West Building, Ground Floor - Gallery 16

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 8.76 cm (3 7/16 in.)
gross weight: 177.02 gr (0.39 lb.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.1225

Artists / Makers

Netherlandish 16th Century (artist)

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Inscription

around circumference: M[eester] ADRIAEN VAN GOD GHEKOREN PAVS VA[n] ROMEN TVTRECHT GEBOREN

Provenance

Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his heirs; purchased with the entire Dreyfus collection 9 July 1930 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris); sold 31 January 1944 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[1] gift 1957 to NGA.

[1] The Duveen Brothers Records document the firm’s sixteen year pursuit and eventual acquisition of the Dreyfus collection, which included paintings, sculptures, small bronzes, medals, and plaquettes. Bequeathed as part of his estate to Dreyfus’ widow and five children (a son and four daughters), who had differing opinions about its disposition, the collection was not sold until after his widow’s death in April 1929. Duveen did not wish to separate Dreyfus’ collection of small bronzes, medals, and plaquettes, and it was sold intact to the Kress Foundation for a price that was met by installment payments every three months. (Duveen Brothers Records, accession number 960015, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles: reel 301, box 446, folders 3 and 4; reel 302, box 447, folders 1-6; reel 303, box 448, folders 1 and 2; reel 330, box 475, folder 4.) See also George Francis Hill’s discussion "A Note on Pedigrees" in his catalogue, The Gustave Dreyfus Collection: Renaissance Medals, Oxford, 1931: xii, which was commissioned by Duveen Brothers.

Associated Names

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

Bibliography

1925: Tourneur, Victor. "Les Médailles du Pape Adrien VI." Revue belge de Numismatique 77 (1925):102-104.

1931: Hill, George Francis. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection: Renaissance Medals. Oxford, 1931: no. 629.

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: 204.

1959: Paus Adrianus VI. Exh. cat. Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 1959:95-96, no. 94.

1960: Gelder, Henrik Enno van. "Het Penningportret van Paus Adrianus VI." De Geuzenpenningen Munt-en Penningportret Niews 10 (1960): 1-3.

1967: Hill, George Francis, and Graham Pollard. Renaissance Medals from the Samuel H. Kress Collection at the National Gallery of Art. London, 1967: no. 629.

1977: Trapp, Joseph Burney and Hubertus Schulte Herbrüggen"The King's Good Servant" Sir Thomas More. Exh. cat. National Portrait Gallery, London, 1977: 51, no. 76.

1979: Eisler, Colin. The Master of the Unicorn: The Life and Work of Jean Duvet. New York,1979: 200, n. 6.

1983: Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 152, no. 30.

1986: Meer, Gay van der. In Filedt-Kok, J.P., W. Halsema-Kubes and W. Th. Kloek, eds. Kunst voor de Beeldenstorm: Nordnederlandse kunst 1515-1580. Exh. cat. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1986:127, no. 10.

1993: Louwet, Walter. “Conrad Meit, Medailleur van Filips van Bourgondie en Margareta van Oostenrijk.” Revue belge de Numismatique et de Sigillographie (Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Numismatiek en Zegelkunde) 139 (1993): 103-132, esp. 121, repro. plates VI-IX.

2007: Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 2:no. 766, repro.

2010: Alsteens, Stijn, in Maryan W. Ainsworth, ed. Man, Myth, and Sensual Pleasures: Jan Gossart’s Renaissance: The Complete Works. Exh. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the National Gallery, London, 2010-2011: 101 n. 55, repro. 95.