A Gentleman of the Zorzi Family, 1570/1580

West Building, Ground Floor - Gallery 14

Medium

terracotta

Dimensions

overall: 90.2 x 61.6 x 32.3 cm (35 1/2 x 24 1/4 x 12 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1961.9.106

Artists / Makers

Alessandro Vittoria (artist) Venetian, 1525 - 1608

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
Read our full Open Access policy for images .

Inscription

on truncation of chest, proper right: .A.V.F.

Provenance

Palazzo Carregiani (formerly Zorzi), Ponte dei Greci, Rio di San Lorenzo, Venice. Art Market. Acquired 1865 by the Österreichisches Museum für Kunst und Industrie, Vienna (inv. no. 2407);[1] Acquired by Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (inv. no. 9906) in February 1940; Acquired 1954 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[2] gift 1961 to NGA.[3]

[1] A letter dated 21 October 1953 from Dr. Ernst H Buschbeck states that the work came to the museum directly from the Österreichisches Museum für Kunst und Industrie.

[2] Letter (cited in footnote 1) states that Kress bought directly from the Kunsthistorische Museum, Vienna.

[3] Provenance according to Ulrich Middeldorf, Complete Catalogue of the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Sculptures XIV-XIX Century, 1976, p. 76.

Associated Names

Art market
Kress Foundation, Samuel H.
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
Palazzo Carregiani
Österreichisches Museum für Kunst und Industrie

Bibliography

1956: Paintings and Sculpture from the Kress Collection 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: 266-268, no. 112, repro., as Portrait of a Young Knight.

1959: Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959: 433, repro., as Portrait of a Young Knight.

1961: Walker, John, Guy Emerson, and Charles Seymour. Art Treasures for America: An Anthology of Paintings & Sculpture in the Samuel H. Kress Collection. London, 1961: 131, fig. 122.

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 173, as Portrait of a Young Knight.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 153, repro., as Portrait of a Young Knight.

1976: Middeldorf, Ulrich. Sculptures from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Schools XIV-XIX Century. London, 1976: 76.

1984: Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 636, no. 998, repro., as Portrait of a Young Knight.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 234, repro.

1997: Lewis, Douglas, with the assistance of David Favale. “An Early Series of Dynastic Portrait Busts by Alessandro Vittoria.” Artibus et historiae 35 (1997): 113-134, repro. figs. 8, 9/.

1998: Martin, Thomas. Alessandro Vittoria and the Portrait Bust in Renaissance Venice: Remodeling Antiquity. Oxford and New York, 1998: 84, 127-8, 129, repros. 112-113.