Sir John Reade, Baronet
1739
Artist, Venetian, 1675 - 1757

Artwork overview
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Medium
pastel on blue laid paper mounted to canvas (on strainer)
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 58 x 46 cm (22 13/16 x 18 1/8 in.)
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Accession
1939.1.66
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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