Nessus and Deianeira

Caspar Gras, after Giambologna, c. 1640 - c. 1650

Attributed to Caspar Gras (1585 - 1674). Nessus abducting Deianeira. Bronze. Innsbruck, c. 1630.

  • Artwork typesculpture
  • Object numberBK-16508-1
  • Dimensionsheight 33 cm x width 26 cm x depth 13 cm, height 45.5 cm (incl. modern socle)
  • Physical characteristicsbronze

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Nessus and Deianeira

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-16508-1

  • Description

    Op sokkel.

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Creation

  • Creation

    • Caspar Gras, Innsbruck
    • after Giambologna

  • Dating

    c. 1640 - c. 1650

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    bronze

  • Dimensions

    • height 33 cm x width 26 cm x depth 13 cm
    • height 45.5 cm (incl. modern socle)

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  • Subject

Exhibitions

Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1951

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; sale R. von Kaufmann, Berlin (P. Cassirer), 4 December 1917, no. 199; …; from the dealer G. Cramer, The Hague, fl. 7,000, to the museum, 1951

Documentation

    • Jaarverslag van het Rijksmuseum 1951, p.12
    • Catalogus bij de tentoonstelling, 'Meisterwerke der Plastik aus Privatsammlungen im Bodenseegebiet', Bregenz 1967, no. 166, afb. 77

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