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Provenance

(Schultz, Quai Voltaire, Paris), by c. 1920; Alfredo Barsanti, Rome, early 1920s;[1] Trinity group to (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York), by 1944; base remained with Barsanti family in Rome; Trinity group sold 1944 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York, as English, fourteenth century; base given 1950 to NGA by Mario Barsanti, Rome, nephew of Alfredo Barsanti; Trinity group given 1953 to NGA.

[1] Mario Barsanti to Hanns Swarzenski, 9 August 1947, and to Perry Cott, 31 March 1950, in NGA curatorial files.

Exhibition History

1945
On loan to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1945-1953.
1946
Recent Additions to the Kress Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1946, no. A-150.

Bibliography

1943
Douglas, R. Langton. Review of Medieval Art by Charles Rufus Morey. In AAM (31 October 1943): 204.
1945
Paintings and Sculpture from the Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1945 (reprinted 1947, 1949): 172, repro., as English 13th Century.
1946
Douglas, R. Langton. "Recent Additions to the Kress Collection." The Burlington Magazine 88 (1946): 85.
1946
Frankfurter, Alfred M. Supplement to the Kress Collection in the National Gallery. New York, 1946: 8, repro.
1946
"Princely Gifts to the Washington Gallery: Sculptures from the Kress Collection." Illustrated London News (9 February 1946): 161, repro., as Nottingham, fourteenth century.
1946
Valentiner, Wilhelm R. Origins of Modern Sculpture. New York, 1946: 165, 157, fig. 126.
1948
Swarzenski, Hanns. "Washington: Neuerwerbungen der Skulpturen Abteilung der National Gallery of Art." Phoebus 2 (1948): 38-39, fig. 2.
1949
Seymour, Charles. Masterpieces of Sculpture from the National Gallery of Art. Washington and New York, 1949: 12, 173, note 10, repro. 43-45.
1954
Pitman, Clement F. "Reflections on Nottingham Alabaster Carving." The Connoisseur 133 (June 1954): 220, fig. 1.
1955
Tavendar, Augusta S. "Medieval English Alabasters in American Museums." Speculum 30 (1955): 65.
1959
Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959: 382, repro., as English School.
1962
The International Style: the Arts in Europe around 1400. Exh. cat. Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 1962: 87, no. 84 (entry by Philippe Verdier).
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 153
1968
European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 137, repro.
1975
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1975: 619, 622, fig. 950.
1976
Middeldorf, Ulrich. Sculptures from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Schools XIV-XIX Century. London, 1976: 120-121, figs. 201-204, as Spanish, late thirteenth or early fourteenth century.
1976
Pope-Hennessy, John. "A Quota of Masterpieces." Apollo 104 (1976): 72.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 622, no. 957, repro., as English 14th Century.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 79, repro.

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