Three Wick Lamp with Bacchic Scenes
c. 1500
Sculptor, Paduan, 1470 - 1532
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 5 x 10.8 x 11 cm (1 15/16 x 4 1/4 x 4 5/16 in.) gross weight: 375 gr
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Accession
1957.14.66
Artwork history & notes
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
Exhibition History
1993
Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes in the Frick Art Museum, The Frick Art Museum, Pittsburgh, 1993-1994, figs. 1.1, 1.2, repro.
Bibliography
1931
Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection: Renaissance Bronzes. Oxford, 1931: 76, no. 60, pl. 38.
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: 137, as Three-wick lamp by Paduan 16th Century.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 481.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 79, no. 16.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 191, repro.
2008
Allen, Denise, with Peta Motture. Andrea Riccio: Renaissance Master of Bronze. Exh. cat. The Frick Collection, New York. London, 2008: 278-283, fig. 29.1.
2020
Malgouyres, Philippe. De Filarete à Riccio. Bronzes italiens de la Renaissance (1430-1550). La collection du musée du Louvre. Paris, 2020: 244.
Wikidata ID
Q63809200