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Provenance

Eugen Boross, Larchmont, New York, by 1914;[1] William R. Timken [1866-1949], New York, by 1936; by inheritance to his widow, Lillian Guyer Timken [1881-1959], New York; bequest 1960 to NGA.

[1] In an unidentified dealer's prospectus given to the Timkens (in NGA curatorial files), the earlier provenance of the painting is given as follows: from the collection of Cardinal Joseph Fesch, Archbishop of Lyons, France (1763-1839), afterwards in that of Leopold II, King of the Belgians (1835-1909), who bequeathed it to the Countess Vaughan. The 1841 catalogue of Cardinal Fesch's collection (Catalogue des Tableaux Composant la Galerie de feu son eminence le Cardinal Fesch, Rome, 1841) includes, as number 1195, 'Tête de saint Pierre, de grandeur naturelle; le ton en est fort et d'une grande vérité, hauteur: 1 pieds, 6 pouces, largeur: 1 pieds, 2 pouces." These dimensions, however, do not coincide with the Gallery's painting. The connection to Leopold II and Countess Vaughan seems dubious.

Exhibition History

1936
An Exhibition of Sixty Paintings and Some Drawings by Peter Paul Rubens, Detroit Institute of Arts, 1936, no. 15, as by Rubens.

Bibliography

1914
Valentiner, Wilhelm R. The Art of the Low Countries. Trans. Mrs. Schuyler van Rensselaer. Garden City and New York, 1914: 235, no. 1, as by Rubens.
1936
Valentiner. Wilhelm R. "The Art and Personality of Rubens in a Great Loan Exhibition of Sixty Paintings at Detroit." Art News 35 (15 February 1936): 6, no 15, repro., as by Rubens.
1946
Valentiner, Wilhelm R. "Rubens' Paintings in America." The Art Quarterly IX, no. 2 (Spring 1946): 156, as by Rubens' Workshop.
1947
Goris, Jan-Albert and Julius S. Held. Rubens in America. New York, 1947: 36, no. 66, as by Rubens..
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 119, as School of Rubens.
1968
European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 106, repro., as School of Rubens.
1972
Vlieghe, Hans. Saints. 2 vols. Series: Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard Part VIII, London and New York, 1972: I:42, under no. 11, as a copy after Rubens.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 316, repro., as School of Rubens.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 363, repro.
2005
Wheelock, Jr., Arthur K. Flemish Paintings of the Seventeenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2005: 210-214, color repro.

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