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A Sea Monster

National Gallery of Art · Sculpture

A Sea Monster

Workshop of Severo da Ravenna

Date
c. 1500/1509
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
overall: 8.9 x 22.6 x 13.6 cm (3 1/2 x 8 7/8 x 5 3/8 in.)
Classification
Sculpture · Small Bronze
Accession number
1957.14.75
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Time span
1401 to 1500
Department
CSD
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Paduan
  • fantasy
  • animal
  • Renaissance
  • European Small Bronzes before 1900
  • Ravenna
  • Sea monster
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.

NGA object ID 43795. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.