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Cima da Conegliano (artist) Italian, c. 1459 - 1517 or 1518 Saint Helena, c. 1495 oil on panel Overall: 40.2 x 32.2 cm (15 13/16 x 12 11/16 in.) framed: 61 x 53.3 x 6.4 cm (24 x 21 x 2 1/2 in.) Samuel H. Kress Collection 1961.9.12 |
Object 7 of 7
Provenance
Casa Boschi, Bologna, by 1856-1858.[1] Ellen Sydney [d. 1852], daughter of the 6th viscount Strangford; by gift to her husband (married 1847), George John Browne, 3rd marquess of Sligo [d. 1896], Westport House, Co. Mayo, Ireland; by inheritance to his daughter (by his third wife), Lady Isabel Mary Peyronnet Browne [d. 1947], Mount Browne, Guildford, Surrey; (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 12 March 1948, no. 81); Dr. James Hasson, London;[2] (Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London); sold 1953 to (M. Knoedler & Co., New York and London) and (Pinakos, Inc. [Rudolf Heinemann], New York);[3] (M. Knoedler & Co., New York and London); sold January 1954 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[4] gift 1961 to NGA.
[1] Otto Mündler, The Travel Diaries of Otto Mündler 1855-1858, ed. Carol Togneri Dowd, in Walpole Society 51 (1985): 218 (fol. 61r, March, 1858).
[2] Hasson recorded in Art Prices Current 1947-1949 26 (1951): A52, no. 2133.
[3] Stockbook no. J1027, Thomas Agnew & Sons, London; information also from records of M. Knoedler and Co., provided by the Getty Provenance Index.
[4] The bill of sale for this, and several other paintings, is dated 28 January 1954, and annotated paid on 4 February (copy in NGA curatorial files).
Associated Names
- Agnew & Sons, Ltd., Thomas
- Boschi, Casa
- Browne, 3rd marquess of Sligo, George John
- Browne, Isabel Mary Peyronnet, Lady
- Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd.
- Hasson, James, Dr.
- Heinemann, Rudolf J.
- Knoedler & Company, M.
- Kress Foundation, Samuel H.
- Sydney, Ellen
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