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Francisco de Goya (artist) Spanish, 1746 - 1828 Don Antonio Noriega, 1801 oil on canvas Overall: 102.6 x 80.9 cm (40 3/8 x 31 7/8 in.) framed: 128.3 x 105.4 x 12.7 cm (50 1/2 x 41 1/2 x 5 in.) Samuel H. Kress Collection 1961.9.74 |
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Provenance
Purchased from a private collector in Madrid by Freiherr Ferdinand Eduard von Stumm [1843-1925], while he was ambassador of the German Empire to the court of Madrid, 1887-1892;[1] (his estate sale, Günther Deneke Auktionhaus, Berlin, 4 October 1932, 19, no. 87,); (Wildenstein & Co., Paris and New York);[2] sold in 1955 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[3] gift 1961 to NGA.
[1] August L. Mayer, "The Portrait of Don Antonio Noriega by Goya," Apollo 22 (1935): 49. The dates of Stumm's appointment as ambassador to Madrid are established by Almanach de Gotha (1890)127: 680 and Almanach de Gotha (1892)129: 786. [2] Mrs. Ay-Whang Hsia, Vice President of Wildenstein & Co., New York, letter of 14 September 1988 in NGA curatorial files. [3] Colin Eisler, Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Schools Excluding Italian, (Oxford, 1977): 229, no. K2029.
Associated Names
- Deneke Auktionhaus, Günther
- Kress Foundation, Samuel H.
- Private Collection (NGA Former Owner)
- Stumm, Ferdinand Eduard von, Freiherr
- Wildenstein & Co., Inc.
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