National Gallery of Art :: The Collection :: Madonna and Child and the Infant Saint John in a Landscape
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Provenance

Col. Henry Edward Burney [d. 1929], London; (his sale, Christie's, London, 29 June 1928, no. 126, as by Titian); purchased by Max Rothschild, owner of the Sackville Gallery, London. (Duveen Brothers, Inc., New York); purchased February 1930 by Andrew W. Mellon;[1] deeded 28 December 1934 to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh;[2] gift 1937 to NGA.

[1] According to Fern Rusk Shapley, Catalogue of the Italian Paintings, Washington, National Gallery of Art, 1979, vol. 1, p. 249-250.

[2] Mellon/Mellon Trust purchase date and/or date deeded to Mellon Trust is according to Mellon collection files in NGA curatorial records and David Finley's notebook (donated to the National Gallery of Art in 1977, now in the Gallery Archives).

Exhibition History

1988
The Pastoral Landscape: The Legacy of Venice, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1988-1989, no. 39, fig. 44.
1991
Old Master Italian Paintings, Prints and Drawings, Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, Montana, 1991, color repro. in brochure.
1998
A Collector's Cabinet, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1998, no. 34.

Bibliography

1941
Preliminary Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1941: 196, as by Titian.
1942
Book of Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 240, repro. 197, as by Titian.
1949
Paintings and Sculpture from the Mellon Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1949 (reprinted 1953 and 1958): 34, repro., as by Titian.
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 129, as by Titian.
1968
European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 116, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 344, repro.
1979
Shapley, Fern Rusk. Catalogue of the Italian Paintings. 2 vols. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1979: I:249-250, II:pl. 170
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 199, no. 233, color repro., as by Titian.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 316, repro.

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