The Death of Hippolytus, or The Fall of Phaeton
late 15th - early 16th century
Artist, Veronese, 1467 - 1528
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (diameter): 10.55 cm (4 1/8 in.)
gross weight: 184.18 gr (0.406 lb.) -
Accession
1942.9.241
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Oscar Hainauer [d. 1894], Berlin; his wife, Julie Hainauer, Berlin; acquired 1906 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); by exchange 21 October 1920 to Joseph E. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1897
Bode, Wilhelm von, ed. Die Sammlung Oscar Hainauer / The Collection of Oscar Hainauer. [bound as one volume, English and German pages interleaved in one page sequence] Berlin, 1897 and London, 1906: no. 158.
1908
A Cabinet of One Hundred & Thirty-Three Bronze Plaques and Medals of the Renaissance Period from the Collection of the Late Herr Oscar Hainauer of Berlin. Ed. Duveen Brothers. London, n.d. (but 1908): no. 71, repro.
1942
Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 15.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 110, no. 40.
1989
Lewis, Douglas. "The Plaquettes of 'Moderno' and His Followers." Studies in the History of Art 22 (1989): 125-126, repro.
2008
Trevisani, Filippo and Davide Gasparotto, eds. Bonacolsi, l'Antico: uno scultore nella Mantova di Andrea Mantegna e di Isabella d'Este. Exh. cat. Palazzo Ducale, Mantua. Milan, 2008: 92, 96 fig. 13.
Markings
Reverse bears former inventory numbers P.17 (for Plaquette no. 17) in black paint (Bode/Thieme 1897/1906) and 71 in white paint (Hainauer/Duveen 1908).
Wikidata ID
Q63809901