Adrian VI (Adrian Dedal, 1459-1523), Pope 1522
1522/1523
Artist
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G16
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (diameter): 8.76 cm (3 7/16 in.)
gross weight: 177.02 gr (0.39 lb.) -
Accession
1957.14.1225
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his heirs; purchased with the entire Dreyfus collection 9 July 1930 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris); sold 31 January 1944 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[1] gift 1957 to NGA.
[1] The Duveen Brothers Records document the firm’s sixteen year pursuit and eventual acquisition of the Dreyfus collection, which included paintings, sculptures, small bronzes, medals, and plaquettes. Bequeathed as part of his estate to Dreyfus’ widow and five children (a son and four daughters), who had differing opinions about its disposition, the collection was not sold until after his widow’s death in April 1929. Duveen did not wish to separate Dreyfus’ collection of small bronzes, medals, and plaquettes, and it was sold intact to the Kress Foundation for a price that was met by installment payments every three months. (Duveen Brothers Records, accession number 960015, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles: reel 301, box 446, folders 3 and 4; reel 302, box 447, folders 1-6; reel 303, box 448, folders 1 and 2; reel 330, box 475, folder 4.) See also George Francis Hill’s discussion "A Note on Pedigrees" in his catalogue, The Gustave Dreyfus Collection: Renaissance Medals, Oxford, 1931: xii, which was commissioned by Duveen Brothers.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1925
Tourneur, Victor. "Les Médailles du Pape Adrien VI." Revue belge de Numismatique 77 (1925):102-104.
1931
Hill, George Francis. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection: Renaissance Medals. Oxford, 1931: no. 629.
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: 204.
1959
Paus Adrianus VI. Exh. cat. Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 1959:95-96, no. 94.
1960
Gelder, Henrik Enno van. "Het Penningportret van Paus Adrianus VI." De Geuzenpenningen Munt-en Penningportret Niews 10 (1960): 1-3.
1967
Hill, George Francis, and Graham Pollard. Renaissance Medals from the Samuel H. Kress Collection at the National Gallery of Art. London, 1967: no. 629.
1977
Trapp, Joseph Burney and Hubertus Schulte Herbrüggen_"The King's Good Servant" Sir Thomas More_. Exh. cat. National Portrait Gallery, London, 1977: 51, no. 76.
1979
Eisler, Colin. The Master of the Unicorn: The Life and Work of Jean Duvet. New York,1979: 200, n. 6.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 152, no. 30.
1986
Meer, Gay van der. In Filedt-Kok, J.P., W. Halsema-Kubes and W. Th. Kloek, eds. Kunst voor de Beeldenstorm: Nordnederlandse kunst 1515-1580. Exh. cat. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1986:127, no. 10.
1993
Louwet, Walter. “Conrad Meit, Medailleur van Filips van Bourgondie en Margareta van Oostenrijk.” Revue belge de Numismatique et de Sigillographie (Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Numismatiek en Zegelkunde) 139 (1993): 103-132, esp. 121, repro. plates VI-IX.
2007
Pollard, John Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. 2 vols. Washington, 2007: 2:no. 766, repro.
2010
Alsteens, Stijn, in Maryan W. Ainsworth, ed. Man, Myth, and Sensual Pleasures: Jan Gossart’s Renaissance: The Complete Works. Exh. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the National Gallery, London, 2010-2011: 101 n. 55, repro. 95.
Inscriptions
around circumference: M[eester] ADRIAEN VAN GOD GHEKOREN PAVS VA[n] ROMEN TVTRECHT GEBOREN
Wikidata ID
Q63854333