National Gallery of Art :: The Collection :: Astorgio Manfredi
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Inscription

on bottom and inside of base: ASTORGIVS.MANFREDVS./ SECVDVS.FAVENTIE.DOMINVS / ANNO.XLII.ETATIS.SVE / 1455 / OPVS.NINI

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Provenance

Louis-Charles Timbal [1821-1880], Paris.[1] Baron Arthur de Schickler [1828-1919], Paris, and Martinvast, Normandy (near Cherbourg); by inheritance to his daughter, Marguerite, Comtesse Hubert de Pourtalès [1870-1956], Paris, and Martinvast, Normandy; sold April 1919 to (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris) in part-share agreement with (Wildenstein & Co., Inc., New York) and (Arnold Seligmann & Co., Paris);[2] inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, after purchase 13 January 1922 by funds of the Estate;[3] gift 1942 to NGA.

[1] Duveen Sculpture in Public Collections of America, New York, 1944: no. 108, repro.

[2] The Baron's daughter married Comte Hubert de Pourtalès in 1890, and was her father's sole heiress. Edward Fowles (Memories of Duveen Brothers, London, 1976: 102-103, 134) discusses the original purchase agreement with Wildenstein and Seligmann, and the subsequent 1922 distribution of the works among the three dealers.

[3] Provenance according to Widener card files in NGA curatorial records.

Exhibition History

1976
Masterpieces of World Art from American Museums from Ancient Egyptian to Contemporary Art, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo; The Kyoto National Museum, Japan, 1976, no. 18.

Bibliography

1942
Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 8.
1944
Duveen Brothers, Inc. Duveen Sculpture in Public Collections of America: A Catalog Raisonné with illustrations of Italian Renaissance Sculptures by the Great Masters which have passed through the House of Duveen. New York, 1944: figs. 108-111.
1948
Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 (reprinted 1959): 120, repro.
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 163
1968
European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 144, repro.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 625, no. 965, repro.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 153, repro.
2000
National Gallery of Art Special Issue. Connaissance des Arts. Paris, 2000:59.

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