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Provenance

Probably the Dukes of Anhalt, Gotisches Haus, Wörlitz, near Dessau.[1] (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris).[2] Clarence H. Mackay [1874-1938], Roslyn, New York, by 1929;[3] by inheritance 1938 to his wife, Mrs. Anne Case Mackay, Roslyn, New York; consigned 1951 with (Paul Drey, New York), for sale by (French & Company, New York);[4] purchased March 1951 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1952 to NGA.

[1] Unverified, but quite likely; mentioned as coming from the Dukes of Anhalt in Venturi 1930, 384, and Peter J. Wojcik, of Paul Drey Gallery, letter of 4 October 1989 to John Hand in curatorial files.

[2] Peter J. Wojcik letter of 4 October 1989 cited in note 1.

[3] Royal Cortissoz, "The Clarence H. Mackay Collection," International Studio 94 (1929): 34, repro. 32, records the painting as belonging to Mackay.

[4] Peter J. Wojcik letter of 4 October 1989 cited in note 2.

Exhibition History

1935
Fifteenth Century Portraits, M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1935, no. 15, as by Carlo Crivelli.
2010
Van Eyck to Dürer, Groeningemuseum, Bruges, 2010-2011, no. 255, repro.

Bibliography

1923
Marle, Raimond van. The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting. 19 vols. The Hague, 1923-1938: 18(1936):18, 20-22, fig. 12.
1929
Cortissoz, Royal. "The Clarence H. Mackay Collection." International Studio 94 (1929): 34, repro. 32
1930
Venturi, Lionello. "Contributi a Carlo Crivelli, a Vittore Carpaccio." L'Arte N.S. 1 (1930): 384, 393, repro. 385.
1931
Fiocco, Giuseppe. "Ein neuer Crivelli." Pantheon 7 (1931): 250.
1931
Venturi, Lionello. Pitture italiane in America. Milan, 1931: pl. 278.
1932
Berenson, Bernhard. Italian Pictures of the Renaissance. Oxford, 1932: 161.
1932
Fiocco, Giuseppe. "Porträts aus der Emilia." Pantheon 10 (1932): 340, repro. 341.
1933
Venturi, Lionello. Italian Paintings in America. 3 vols. New York and Milan, 1933: 2: pl. 372.
1936
Berenson, Bernhard. I Pittori italiani del Rinascimento. Milan, 1936: pl. 6.
1959
Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959: 112, repro., as by North Italian Master.
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 97, as North Italian School.
1967
Anzelewsky, Fedja. "Ein Unbekanntes deutsches Fürstenporträt des 15. Jahrhunderts." Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen 9 (1967): 156-164, repro.
1968
European Paintings and Sculpture: Illustrations (Companion to the Summary Catalogue, 1965). Washington, 1968: 85, repro., as North Italian School.
1968
Shapley, Fern Rusk. Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Italian Schools, XV-XVI Century. London, 1968: 38-39, fig. 91.
1969
Zeri, Federico. "Review of Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. Italian Schools XV-XVI Century by Fern Rusk Shapley." The Burlington Magazine 111 (1969): 455.
1970
Ringler, Josef. "Ein Tiroler Fürstenbildnis der Spätgotik in Washington." Der Schlern 44 (1970): 77-78, repro. facing 76.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 254, repro., as North Italian School.
1975
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1975: 116, no. 99, repro.
1979
Shapley, Fern Rusk. Catalogue of the Italian Paintings. 2 vols. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1979: I:437-438, II:pl. 317, as Swiss Master
1983
Bonsanti, Giorgio. "Maria di Borgogna in un Ritratto di Michael Pacher." Paragone 34, no. 397 (1983): 18-19, pl. 9.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 116, no. 93, color repro., as by North Italian School.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 293, repro., as North Italian 15th Century.
1993
Hand, John Oliver, with the assistance of Sally E. Mansfield. German Paintings of the Fifteenth through Seventeenth Centuries. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, 1993: 181-186, color repro. 182.
1995
Löcher, Kurt. Review of German Paintings of the Fifteenth through Seventeenth Centuries, by John Oliver Hand with the assistance of Sally E. Mansfield. Kunstchronik 43 no. 1 (January 1995): 20.

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