Hercules and Antaeus
late 15th - early 16th century
Sculptor, Veronese, 1467 - 1528
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze//Dark brown patina (rubbed on exposed surfaces)
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 9.76 × 7.7 cm (3 13/16 × 3 1/16 in.)
gross weight: 123.01 gr (0.271 lb.) -
Accession
1957.14.325
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, 201.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 54, no. 180, fig. 201.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 109, no. 30.
1984
Rossi, Francesco. "Rassegna della Placchetta artistica dal XVe al XVIIe secolo." In Terenzani, Ezio, ed. 6a Triennale Italiana della Medaglia d’Arte. Exh. cat. Chiesa di San Francesco, Udine, 1984: 182, no. 25, note.
1992
Schofield, Richard. "Avoiding Rome: an Introduction to Lombard Sculptors and the Antique." Arte Lombarda 100:1 (1992): 38, 39 fig. 10.
2011
Rossi, Francesco. La collezione Mario Scaglia: placchette. 3 vols. Bergamo, 2011: 1:161, under Prototipo, M.14, as by the Master of the Labors of Hercules.
Markings
Reverse bore former inventory numbers 203 (lined out—unidentified collection) and 157 (or 137?) in red paint (Dreyfus), as well as 201 (Ricci 1931) twice: first in white paint almost effaced by rough filing to bare alloy, and again in black paint, in larger numerals.
Wikidata ID
Q63814948