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Diego Velázquez Spanish, 1599 - 1660 The Needlewoman, c. 1640/1650 oil on canvas, 74 x 60 cm (29 1/8 x 23 5/8 in.) Andrew W. Mellon Collection 1937.1.81 |
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Provenance
In the artist's possession at his death, 1660. Probably Pierre-Armand-Jean-Vincent-Hippolyte, Marquis de Gouvello de Keriaval [1782-1870], Château de Kerlévénant, Sarzeau, Morbihan, Brittany.[1] Madame Christiane de Polès [d. 1936], Paris; sold 5 July 1926 to (Wildenstein and Co., Paris);[2] consigned to (M. Knoedler & Co., New York);[3] by whom purchased 9 March 1927;[4] purchased on same day by Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.;[5] deeded 12 December 1934 to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1937 to NGA.
[1] The ownership of the painting by the Gouvello de Keriaval is given by August L. Mayer, A Portrait by Veaézquez. Francisca Velézquez, Daughter of the Master (The Woman Sewing), (New York, c. 1935), 4. For a few facts about the collector, Hippolyte de Gouvello, see H. Frotier de la Messalière, Filiations Brétonnes, 1650-1912, (Saint-Briem, 1913): vol. 2, 570.
[2] Noted in 14 September 1988 letter from Mrs. Ay-Whang Hsia, Vice-President of Wildenstein and Co., New York, NGA curatorial files.
[3] The Knoedler stockbooks, kept at The Getty Provenance Index.
[4] Noted in 14 September 1988 letter from Ay-Whang Hsia.
[5] David Finley notebook, copy in NGA curatorial files (original notebook in Gallery Archives).
Associated Names
- Gouvello de Keriaval, Pierre-Armand-Jean-Vincent-Hippolyte, Marquis de
- Knoedler & Company, M.
- Mellon, Andrew W.
- Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, The A.W.
- Polès, Christiane de, Madame
- Velázquez, Diego
- Wildenstein & Co., Inc.
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