Pacing Female Panther

mid 16th century

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West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G14

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze//Black lacquer over deep brown bronze

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (height by length): 10 × 14.2 cm (3 15/16 × 5 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1957.14.73

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

Bibliography

1931

  • Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection: Renaissance Bronzes. Oxford, 1931: 82, no. 67, pl. 41.

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 Panther by Florentine 15th Century.

1965

  • Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 533.

1975

  • Wixom, William D. Renaissance Bronzes From Ohio Collections. Exh. cat. Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, 1975: no. 30, repro.

  • Avery, Charles and Corey Keeble. Florentine Baroque Bronzes and Other Objects of Art. Exh. cat. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, January 1975: 8

1983

  • Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 84, no. 42.

1994

  • Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 43, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q63809328

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