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Agnolo Bronzino (artist) Italian, 1503 - 1572 A Young Woman and Her Little Boy, c. 1540 oil on panel Overall: 99.5 x 76 cm (39 3/16 x 29 15/16 in.) framed: 134.6 x 111.1 x 6.7 cm (53 x 43 3/4 x 2 5/8 in.) Widener Collection 1942.9.6 |
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Provenance
Possibly Baron Achille Seillière, Paris, until 1873;[1] probably by inheritance to Jeanne Marguérite Seillière, Princesse de Sagan, [later Duchesse de Talleyrand-Périgord], Paris, probably by 1873 until at least 1896.[2] (Cottier and Co., London and New York); sold 1905 to Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania;[3] inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.
[1] Fern Rusk Shapley, Catalogue of the Italian Paintings, 2 vols., Washington, D.C., 1979: 1:92.
[2] According to B. Berenson, Florentine Painters of the Renaissance, New York, 1896.
[3] According to notes by Edith Standen, Widener collection curator, in NGA curatorial records.
Associated Names
- Cottier & Co.
- Seillière, Achille, Baron
- Seillière, Princess de Sagan, Jeanne Marguérite
- Widener, Joseph E.
- Widener, Peter Arrell Brown
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