- Inscription
- Provenance
- Exhibition History
- Bibliography
Overview
No overview.
Inscription
lower left: Oswald Birley / 1933
Marks and Labels
null
Provenance
The sitter, Andrew W. Mellon [1855-1937], Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.; by inheritance to his daughter, Mrs. Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York; gift 1941 to NGA.
Exhibition History
- 1950
- Makers of History in Washington 1800-1950 [An Exhibition Celebrating the Sesquicentennial of the Establishment of the Federal Government in Washington], National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1950, no. 116, repro.
- 1952
- Portraits of Personalities, Past and Present, Portraits, Inc., New York, 1952, no. 4.
- 1968
- This New Man: A Discourse in Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., 1968, unnumbered, 154, repro.
Bibliography
- 1952
- Fitzsimmons, James. "Famous Faces." The Art Digest 26 (1 February 1952): 17.
- 1965
- Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 15
- 1968
- European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 8, repro.
- 1975
- European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 30, repro.
- 1991
- Kopper, Philip. America's National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation. New York, 1991: 36, 40, color repro.
Related Works
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Work of Art
- Giovanni Bellini
- Italian
- c. 1430/1435 – 1516
- Mrs. Thomas Scott Jackson
- c. 1770/1773
- oil on canvas
- overall: 74.8 x 356.2 cm (29 7/16 x 140 1/4 in.)
- framed: 104.1 x 385.1 x 10.5 cm (41 x 151 5/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
- Andrew W. Mellon Collection
- 1937.1.94
- • On View
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Work of Art
- Giovanni Bellini
- Italian
- c. 1430/1435 – 1516
- Lady Elizabeth Delmé and Her Children
- 1777-1779
- oil on canvas
- overall: 74.8 x 356.2 cm (29 7/16 x 140 1/4 in.)
- framed: 104.1 x 385.1 x 10.5 cm (41 x 151 5/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
- Andrew W. Mellon Collection
- 1937.1.95
- • On View
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