Saint Bernard with Donor [obverse]
probably early 20th century
Painter
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on panel
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
painted surface: 57.5 x 22.1 cm (22 5/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
overall (panel): 58.8 x 23.3 cm (23 1/8 x 9 3/16 in.)
framed: 65.1 x 29.5 cm (25 5/8 x 11 5/8 in.) -
Accession
1942.16.2.a
Associated Artworks
Saint Margaret [reverse]
Anonymous Artist
1900
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
M. Dubois, Amiens. (Galerie Sedelmeyer, Paris). Private collection, New York. (sale, American Art Association, New York, 17 and 18 May 1934, no. 132, repro., as by Gerard David);[1] Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; gift 1942 to NGA.
[1] This provenance is given in the catalogue of the American Art Association sale, but could not be verified. In its style the painting approaches some works produced at the end of the fifteeth century along the Franco-Flemish border. However, an accumulation of evidence based on chemical analysis of the pigments strongly suggests that it is the work of a skillful, modern (probably early twentieth century) imitator of early Flemish paintings.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 153, repro.
1986
Hand, John Oliver and Martha Wolff. Early Netherlandish Painting. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, 1986: 87-89.
2008
Vanwijnsberghe, Dominique et. al. Autor de la Madeleine Renders. Brussels, 2008: 228, no. 100, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q20190752