- Provenance
- Exhibition History
- Bibliography
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Provenance
Painted for the sitters' father, David Monro Binning [1776-1843], Argaty and Softlaw, Perthshire, Scotland; by inheritance to the elder son in the picture, George Home Monro Binning Home [1804-1884], Argaty; by inheritance to his grand-nephew, Dr. George Home Monro-Home [b. 1865], Argaty; (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 3 May 1902, no. 97); (Thos. Agnew & Sons, London);[1] sold 1902 to (M. Knoedler & Co., London);[2] purchased by John Woodruff Simpson [1850-1920], New York; by inheritance to his wife, Mrs. John W. Simpson [née Katherine Seney, d. 1943], New York; gift 1942 to NGA.
Exhibition History
- 1811
- Possibly Associated Society of Artists, Edinburgh, 1811, no. 187, as A Portrait of Two Boys.
- 1912
- Loan Exhibition of Old Masters for the Benefit of the Artists' Fund and Artists' Aid Societies, M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1912, unnumbered catalogue, repro., as The Sons of David Monro Binning.
Bibliography
- 1901
- Armstrong, Sir Walter. Sir Henry Raeburn. London, 1901: 96, repro. opp. 68.
- 1911
- Greig, James. Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A.: His Life and His Works. London, 1911: 38.
- 1965
- Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 106
- 1968
- European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 94, repro.
- 1975
- European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 278, repro.
- 1975
- Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1975: no. 526, color repro.
- 1984
- Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 368, no.518, color repro.
- 1985
- European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 322, repro.
- 1992
- Hayes, John. British Paintings of the Sixteenth through Nineteenth Centuries. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 204-205, repro. 204.
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- c. 1770/1773
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- 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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- 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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