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The sculpture depicts a frog with its mouth open wide. The material is bronze, giving the sculpture a dark brown coloration. The frog is positioned with its front legs extended and its back legs folded under its body. The sculpture is life-sized and placed on a neutral, light background.
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The sculpture depicts a frog with its mouth open wide. The material is bronze, giving the sculpture a dark brown coloration. The frog is positioned with its front legs extended and its back legs folded under its body. The sculpture is life-sized and placed on a neutral, light background.

National Gallery of Art · Sculpture

A Frog

Paduan 16th Century

Date
early 16th century
Medium
bronze//Medium brown patina
Dimensions
overall: 7 x 14.6 x 7.7 cm (2 3/4 x 5 3/4 x 3 1/16 in.)
Classification
Sculpture · Small Bronze
Accession number
1957.14.92
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Time span
1401 to 1500
Department
CSD
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Paduan
  • Renaissance
  • European Small Bronzes before 1900
  • amphibian
  • animal
  • Frog
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 43812. 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.