Hagar and the Angel
before 1743
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G10
Artwork overview
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Medium
red wax
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 41 × 27 cm (16 1/8 × 10 5/8 in.)
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Accession
2013.39.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Porcelain manufactory, Doccia, near Florence, c. 1780.[1] Arese collection, Osnago, near Milan; (Alessandro Cesati Antiques & Works, Milan); purchased 2013 by NGA.
[1] Klaus Lankheit, Die Modellsammlung der Porzellanmanufaktur Doccia, Munich, 1982: 25, 138, pl. 73. The relief is identified by Lankheit as number 108 in the inventory of Doccia waxes drawn up around 1780, even though the inventory gives the artist's name as Girolamo Ticciati (1671-1744).
Associated Names
Bibliography
1982
Lankheit, Klaus. Die Modellsammlung der Porzellanmanufaktur Doccia. Munich, 1982: 25, 138, pl. 73.
2014
Levkoff, Mary L. "Massimiliano Soldani-Benzi, Hagar and the Angel" National Gallery of Art Bulletin no. 50 (Spring 2014): 21-22, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q63863528