Self-Portrait

Provenance

Vicomte de Janzé, Paris; (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 16 April 1866, no. 41); Charles Timbal, Paris; Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his estate; purchased 1930 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); purchased 1944 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1957 to NGA.

Self-Portrait

Alberti, Leon Battista

c. 1435

Accession Number

1957.14.125

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (irregular oval): 20.1 x 13.55 cm (7 15/16 x 5 5/16 in.) | gross weight: 1646.5 gr (3.63 lb.)

Classification

Sculpture

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection