Bernardo Rossellino or Antonio Rossellino Bernardo Rossellino (sculptor) Italian, 1409 - 1464 Bernardo Rossellino or Antonio Rossellino Antonio Rossellino (sculptor) Italian, 1427 - 1479 The David of the Casa Martelli, c. 1461/1479 marble overall: 164.6 x 50.4 x 42.4 cm (64 13/16 x 19 13/16 x 16 11/16 in.) Widener Collection 1942.9.115 |
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Provenance
Luigi d'Ugolino Martelli [1452-1503], Florence; his son Luigi Martelli [1494-1580], Florence;[1] Martelli family, Florence; sold 28 June 1916 through (Giuseppe Salvadori, Florence) and (French and Company, New York) to Joseph E. Widener;[2] inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, after purchase by funds of Joseph E. Widener; gift 1942 to NGA.
[1] The earliest reference to the sculpture is in the private records of Luigi d'Ugolino Martelli, in a list of personal possessions begun in 1488. See memo dated 20 September 1984 from Kent Lydecker, in NGA curatorial files.
[2] Correspondence dated 1914 and 1916 from Salvadori and French & Company to Joseph Widener, in NGA curatorial files.
Associated Names
- French & Company
- Martelli
- Martelli, Luigi
- Martelli, Luigi d'Ugolino
- Salvadori, Giuseppe
- Widener, Joseph E.
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