Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra

late 15th - early 16th century

Moderno

Artist, Veronese, 1467 - 1528

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze//Very dark patina

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 9.65 × 7.79 cm (3 13/16 × 3 1/16 in.)
    gross weight: 150.8 gr (0.332 lb.)

  • Accession

    1957.14.317

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. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931. vol.II, 193.

1965

  • Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 178.

2011

  • Rossi, Francesco. La collezione Mario Scaglia: placchette. 3 vols. Bergamo, 2011: 1:159, under Prototipo, M.12, as by the Master of the Labors of Hercules.

Markings

Reverse bears former catalogue number 196 in white paint (Molinier 1886), canceled with heavy stroke of red paint, as well as former inventory numbers 150 in the same red paint (Dreyfus) and 193 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931).

Wikidata ID

Q63815088

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