Combat at a City Gate
Sculptor, Paduan, 1470 - 1532
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 8.84 × 10.16 cm (3 1/2 × 4 in.)
gross weight: 274.7 gr (0.606 lb.) -
Accession
1942.9.267
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. 170.
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. 8, 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: 78, no. 9.
1989
Jestaz, Bertrand. "Riccio et Ulocrino." Studies in the History of Art 22 (1989):195, repro.
Sturman, Shelley and Barbara Berrie. "Technical Examination of Riccio Plaquettes." Studies in the History of Art 22 (1989):182-183, 186-187, repro.
Inscriptions
lower center reverse, inverted with respect to obverse: R
Markings
Reverse bears former inventory number P.30. in black paint (Bode/Thieme 1897/1906) and 8. in white paint (Hainauer/Duveen 1908)
Wikidata ID
Q63809188