Crested Coat of Arms [reverse]
1543
Painter
West Building Main Floor, Gallery 41-A
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on panel
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
painted surface: 24.5 x 18.8 cm (9 5/8 x 7 3/8 in.)
overall (panel): 25.6 x 20.1 cm (10 1/16 x 7 15/16 in.) -
Accession
1953.3.3.b
Associated Artworks
A Member of the de Hondecoeter Family [obverse]
Antwerp 16th Century
1543
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Sir John Frechville Ramsden [1877-1958], 6th Bart., Bulstrode, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire; (sale, Christie's, London, 11 July 1930, no. 23, as Joos van Cleve); sold 1930 to (Hermann Ball, Berlin);[1] (Schaeffer Gallery, Berlin, by 1930);[2] Adolph Caspar Miller, Washington, by 1937;[3] bequest 1952 to NGA.
[1] This is known from an annotated copy of the Christie's sale catalogue in the NGA curatorial files. Information about art dealer Hermann Ball and his firm provided by Mrs. H. S. Schaeffer.
[2] Mrs. H. S. Schaeffer wrote on 6 June 1983, "It is very possible that Alex Ball [son of gallery founder Hermann] bought the paintings in London and gave them to my husband for sale, as they did not have many paintings at this time. I know that Mr. and Mrs. Miller bought them directly from us." Letter in NGA curatorial files.
[3] Washington, Phillips Memorial Gallery, 1937, Paintings and Sculpture Owned in Washington, no. 2 (as Ambrosius Benson).
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1937
Paintings and Sculpture Owned in Washington, Phillips Memorial Gallery, Washington, 1937, no. 2, as Ambrosius Benson.
Inscriptions
across top on banderole: TART SVIS VENV; across bottom on banderole: Ac(?) DE HONDECOVTRE 1543; center, coat-of-arms and crest
Wikidata ID
Q20176332