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Unknown Northern Italian, Italian

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about 1500

Bronze

Overall: 4 9/16 × 2 7/8 × 1/4 in. (11.6 × 7.3 × 0.6 cm)

Weight: 191 g (0.4 lb.)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Roger Arvid Anderson Collection - 250th Anniversary Gift, 1769-2019

2016.64.49

Geography

Place Made: Italy, Europe

Period

1400-1600

Object Name

Sculpture: Plaquette

Research Area

Sculpture

Not on view

Course History

ARTH 84, Media and Meaning in Renaissance Sculpture, Adrian Randolph, Fall 2013

ITAL 23, 17th and 18th Century Italian Literature, Nancy Canepa, Spring 2022

GERM 13.01, Beyond Good and Evil, Veronika Fuechtner, Fall 2022

Exhibition History

European Bronzes from the Collection of Roger Arvid Anderson, Class of 1968, Gene Y. Kim, Class of 1985, Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 19, 1996-June 22, 1997, no. 24.

Renaissance and Mannerist Plaquettes and Medals from the Collection of Roger Arvid Anderson, Class of 1968, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 19-November 21, 2013.

Publication History

Roger Arvid Anderson, The Roger Arvid Anderson Collection, Medals, Medallions, Plaquettes and Small Reliefs, Paintings, Sculpture, Works on Paper and Textiles, San Francisco: Roger Arvid Anderson (published privately), design by David L. Wilson, 2015, p. 153.

Provenance

Collection of Count Dr. Alexander von Frey (1882-1951), Hungarian, dates unknown; Sotheby's London, December 8-9, 1988 Sale, lot 100; sold to Roger Arvid Anderson, San Francisco, California,1988; lent to present collection, 1993; given to present collection, 2016.

Catalogue Raisonne

Kress, Fig. 296, No. 356; Wixom, No.102

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