Pisan 14th Century (sculptor) Angel with Symphonia, c. 1360 marble overall: 53.8 x 21.5 x 17.8 cm (21 3/16 x 8 7/16 x 7 in.) Samuel H. Kress Collection 1960.5.14

From the Tour: Italian Altarpieces and Religious Sculpture of the 1300s
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Provenance

Probably from the Campo Santo.[1] Stefano Bardini [1836-1922], Florence.[2] Prince Liechtenstein, Vienna, by 1896;[3] acquired 2 April 1953 by (Jacques Seligmann et Cie, Paris and New York);[4] sold 1954 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1960 to NGA.

[1] From letter written by W.R. Valentiner, Los Angeles, April 1953. [2] See letter from Alison Luchs dated 26 June 1991, in NGA curatorial files. [3] W. von Bode, Die Furstliche Liechtensteinsche Gallery, Vienna, 1896, p. 130. [4] See letters addressed to Jacques Seligmann & Company from the Director of the Liechtenstein Collection, dated 2 April 1953, Seligmann papers, Archives of American Art, box 244 (copies NGA curatorial files).

Associated Names

• Bardini, Stefano
• Kress Foundation, Samuel H.
• Liechtenstein, Princes of
• Seligmann & Cie., Jacques

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