Andrea del Verrocchio (artist) Italian, 1435 - 1488 Giuliano de' Medici, c. 1475/1478 terracotta overall: 61 x 66 x 28.3 cm (24 x 26 x 11 1/8 in.) Andrew W. Mellon Collection 1937.1.127 |
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Provenance
Purchased 1846 in Italy by Eugene Piot, Paris. Charles Timbal [1821-1880], Paris; Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his estate; purchased 1930 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris);[1] purchased 15 December 1936 by The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh;[2] gift 1937 to NGA.
[1] Provenance prior to Mellon Trust is according to David Finley's notebook donated to the National Gallery of Art in 1977, now in the Gallery Archives.
[2] The original Duveen Brothers invoice is in Gallery Archives, copy in NGA curatorial files.
Associated Names
- Dreyfus, Gustave
- Duveen Brothers, Inc.
- Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, The A.W.
- Piot, Eugène
- Timbal, Louis-Charles
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