Louis XIV

probably c. 1875/1900

Giovanni Verona

Sculptor, Italian, active late 19th century

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    marble

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 97.5 x 49.2 x 35.6 cm (38 3/8 x 19 3/8 x 14 in.)

  • Accession

    1961.1.4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Maximo Sciolette, Rio de Janeiro and Paris until 1946.[1] (Jacques Seligmann & Co.) by 1954; Purchased 1954 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1961 to NGA.[2]
[1] Maximo Sciolette inherited the work from his grandfather according to a memo dated 7 October 1985 from Doug Lewis.
[2]Provenance according to Ulrich Middeldorf, Complete Catalogue of the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Sculptures XIV-XIX Century, 1976, p. 98.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1956

  • Paintings and Sculpture from the Kress Collection Acquired by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation 1951-56. Introduction by John Walker, text by William E. Suida and Fern Rusk Shapley. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1956: 224, no. 89, repro., as by Martin Desjardins.

1959

  • Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959: 442, repro., as by Martin Jesjardins.

1965

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 153, as by Martin Desjardins.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 136, repro., as by Martin Desjardins.

1976

  • Middeldorf, Ulrich. Sculptures from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Schools XIV-XIX Century. London, 1976: 98.

1994

  • Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 231, repro.

1999

  • Norman Herz, Katherine A. Holbrow and Shelley G. Sturman. "Marble Sculture in the National Gallery of Art: a Provenance Study." In Max Schvoerer, ed. Archéomatériaux: marbres et autres roches: ASMOSIA IV, Bordeaux, France 9-13 october 1995: actes de la IVème Conférence international de l’Association pour l’étude des marbres et autres roches utilizes dans le passé. Talence, 1999: 101-110.

Inscriptions

falsely signed and dated, rear of base: DES IARDINS.1675

Wikidata ID

Q63854634

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