Abundance and a Satyr [obverse]

1505 or after

Pseudo Antonio da Brescia

Artist, Venetian (?), active early 16th century

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On View

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G16


Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze//Light brown patina

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (diameter): 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.) gross weight: 77 gr

  • Accession

    1957.14.242.a

Associated Artworks

Sleeping Nymph and Two Satyrs [reverse]

Pseudo Antonio da Brescia

1505


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

1971

  • Dürer's Cities: Nuremberg and Venice, The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, 1971, no. 100.

2018

  • Sharing Images: Renaissance Prints into Maiolica and Bronze, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018, no. 48

Bibliography

1931

  • Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931. Vol.II, 118.

1965

  • Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 189.

1983

  • Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 65, no. 12.

1998

  • Bekker, Gerd. Europäische Plaketten und Medaillen vom 15. bis zum 18. Jahrhundert. Leipzig, 1998: 57.

2011

  • Rossi, Francesco. La collezione Mario Scaglia: placchette. 3 vols. Bergamo, 2011: 1:130, under Variante B, M.11.

Wikidata ID

Q63815205


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