Sir John Reade, Baronet

1739

Rosalba Carriera

Artist, Venetian, 1675 - 1757

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pastel on blue laid paper mounted to canvas (on strainer)

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 58 x 46 cm (22 13/16 x 18 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1939.1.66

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Sani 2007, no. 393

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Reade family, London; (sale, Christie's London, 13 July 1895, no. 5); Charles Fairfax Murray, Florence; Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi [1878-1955]; sold 15 July 1931 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1939 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2019

  • The Touch of Color: Pastels at the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1941

  • Preliminary Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1941: 36, no. 177.

1942

  • Book of Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 243, repro. 83.

1959

  • Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959: 238, repro.

1965

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 24.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 17, repro.

1973

  • Shapley, Fern Rusk. Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Italian Schools, XVI-XVIII Century. London, 1973: 134, fig. 262.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 56, repro.

1979

  • Shapley, Fern Rusk. Catalogue of the Italian Paintings. 2 vols. Washington, 1979: 1:124-125; 2:pl. 85.

1988

  • Bernardina Sani. Rosalba Carriera. Turin, 1988: no. 339, fig. 297.

1992

  • Rosenfeld, Myra Nan. "La culture de Largillierre." Revue de l'art 92(1992): 50, 51,53, n. 74, fig. 14.

2007

  • Bernardina Sani. Rosalba Carriera, 1673 - 1757. Turin, 2007: no. 393

Inscriptions

on verso on wooden backing board from the old frame: Sir John Reade. Bart / at the Age of Eighteen- / done by, Rosalba, / at Vinice, [sic]

Wikidata ID

Q64629799

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