Scipio Africanus, after the Antique
Unknown Italian, Italian
early 16th century
Bronze
Overall: 2 15/16 × 2 5/16 × 3/16 in. (7.4 × 5.9 × 0.5 cm)
Weight: 91 g (0.2 lb.)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Roger Arvid Anderson Collection - 250th Anniversary Gift, 1769-2019
2016.64.82
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Sculpture: Plaquette
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscriptions
none
Course History
Art History 20.04, Faith and Empire, Beth Mattison, Spring 2023
Exhibition History
Antiquity in Rome from the Renaissance to the Age of Enlightenment: Selections from Dartmouth's Collections, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 7-September 9, 2001.
Critical Faculties: Teaching with the Hood's Collections, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 15-March 13, 2005.
Publication History
T. Barton Thurber and Adrian W.B. Randolph, Antiquity in Rome from the Renaissance to the Age of Enlightenment: Selections from Dartmouth's Collections, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2001, listed p.71.
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. 154.
Provenance
Sotheby's London, July 6, 1989, lot 116, Works of Art Sale; sold to Roger Arvid Anderson, San Francisco, California, 1989; lent to present collection, 1993; given to present collection, 2016.
Catalogue Raisonne
Kress, Fig. 54, No. 262
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