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Stefano Bardini [1836-1922].[1] Prince Liechtenstein, Vienna by 1896;[2] acquired 2 April 1953 by (Jacques Seligmann and Co., New York);[3] purchased February 1954 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[4] gift 1960 to NGA.

[1] See correspondence in NGA curatorial files between Alison Luchs and Fiorenza Scalia, director of the Museo Bardini, dated 27 February, 7 May, 26 June, 1991.

[2] W. von Bode, Die Furstliche Liechtensteinsche Gallery, Vienna, 1896:130.

[3] See letters addressed to Jacques Seligmann & Company from the Director of the Liechtenstein Collection, dated 2 April 1953, Seligmann papers, Archives of American Art, box 244 (copies in NGA curatorial files).

[4] An agreement was made in September 1953 with Seligmann & Co. by the Kress Foundation to purchase this sculpture (and others) on 1 February 1954. The invoice bears this date, and payment was made shortly thereafter. Copies of the correspondence and invoice are in NGA curatorial files. Ulrich Middeldorf's entry that includes the sculpture contains an error: the year of the Kress Foundation's acquisition is incorrectly given as 1953 (Sculptures from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Schools XIV-XIX Century, London, 1976:12).

Exhibition History

Bibliography

1956
Paintings and Sculpture from the Kress Colllection Acquired by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation 1951-56. Introduction by John Walker, text by William E. Suida and Fern Rusk Shapley. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1956: 248-250, no. 101, repro., as by Master of the Mascoli Alter.
1959
Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959: 393, repro., as by Master of the Mascoli Altar.
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 162, as by Master of the Mascoli Altar.
1968
European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 143, repro., as by Master of the Mascoli Altar.
1976
Middeldorf, Ulrich. Sculptures from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Schools XIV-XIX Century. London, 1976: 12.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 226, repro.

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