Saint Anthony
German 19th Centrury
Artist
Artwork overview
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Medium
metal plate with gold inlay
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 10 × 10.2 cm (3 15/16 × 4 in.)
height (with suspension loop): 11 cm (4 5/16 in.) -
Accession
1961.9.178
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Trivulzio Collection, Milan, by 1874.[1] (Alessandro Contini Bonacossi, 1878-1955, Rome and Florence);[2] purchased 26 June 1935 by Samuel H. Kress (1863-1955), New York; gift 27 September 1950 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[3] gift 1961 to NGA.
[1] Laura Aldovini, I Nielli Trivulzio. Storia, Tecnica, Collezionismo, Milan, 2021:245.
[2] The bill of sale included sculptures, maiolicas, furniture, antique velvets, paintings, and enamels, for a total of one hundred objects. Copy in NGA curatorial files. See also The Kress Collection Digital Archive, (https://kress.nga.gov/Detail/acquisitions/ACQ143).
[3] An affidavit of 21 August 1956 by Herbert L. Spencer, executive director, Samuel H. Kress Foundation, states the Trivulzio collection of nielli and enamels were given by Samuel H. Kress to the Foundation on 27 September 1950; original in National Gallery of Art Archives. Secretary and General Counsel Records – Major Donor Files; copy in NGA curatorial files.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1874
Esposizione storica dell’arte industriale, Salone dei Giardini di Porta Venezia, Milan, 1874, no number.
Bibliography
1881
Rossi, Giulio. Catalogo delle Fotografie pubblicate dalla Stabilimento di Giulio Rossi, Pittore- Fotografo. Riproduzioni di Oggetti d'Arte Antica esposti alla Mostra del 1874 in Milano, 1881:14, no. 168-47. A
2021
Aldovini, Laura. I Nielli Trivulzio. Storia, Tecnica, Collezionismo. Milan, 2021: 16, 245, 277, pl. XXI, no catalogue number.
Wikidata ID
Q63854514