Centaur, after the antique | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1934.93
People: Valerio Belli (Valerio Vicentino), Italian (Vicenza 1468 - 1546)
Title: Centaur, after the antique
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: relief, sculpture
Date: c. 1500
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Florence
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/230956

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze with traces of gilding

Dimensions

5.7 cm diam. x .6 cm depth (2 1/4 x 2 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: on reverse, in red paint:: L.581.12
inscription: on reverse, in black ink:: 5
label: on reverse, partial label, handwritten in black ink:: 15

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: H.O. Watson, New York, NY, Sold to Grenville L. Winthrop.
Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, NY, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1934.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886

Accession Year

1934

Object Number

1934.93

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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Exhibition History

Unidentified exhibition, Lawrence University, 1936, Lawrence University, Appleton, 11/23/1936 - 01/18/1937

Verification Level

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