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Florentine 19th Century

Madonna and Child, c. 1860

Not on View

Medium

marble

Dimensions

overall: 70 x 47 cm (27 9/16 x 18 1/2 in.)

framed: 95.89 x 75.57 x 20.96 cm (37 3/4 x 29 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Andrew W. Mellon Collection

Accession Number

1937.1.114

Artists / Makers

Florentine 19th Century (sculptor)

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Provenance

Vicomte Isidore-Hippolyte de Janzé [1790-1865], Paris; (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 16 April 1866, no. 4);[1] Louis-Charles Timbal [1821-1880], Paris; sold 1872 with his collection to Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his estate; purchased 1930 with the entire Dreyfus collection by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris);[2] purchased 15 December 1936 by The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh;[3] gift 1937 to NGA.

[1] This early provenance was kindly provided by Marie-Amélie Carlier (e-mail of 12 October 2007 to Nicholas Penny, in NGA curatorial files).

[2] Provenance prior to Mellon Trust is according to David Finley's notebook donated to the National Gallery of Art in 1977, now in the Gallery Archives.

[3] The original Duveen Brothers invoice is in Gallery Archives, copy in NGA curatorial files; the sculpture is listed as by Desiderio da Settignano.

Associated Names

Dreyfus, Gustave
Duveen Brothers, Inc.
Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, The A.W.
Timbal, Louis-Charles

Exhibition History

1932: Italian Sculpture from the Dreyfus Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1932.

Bibliography

1907: Vitry, Paul. "La collection de M. Gustave Dreyfus: I. - La Sculpture." Les Arts 72 (December 1907): repro. 9, 12.

1931: Mayer, August L. "Die Sammlung Gustave Dreyfus." Pantheon 7 (January 1931):16, repro.

1941: Preliminary Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1941: 221, no. A-3, as by Desiderio da Settignano.

1942: Book of Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 253, repro. 226, as by Desiderio da Settignano.

1944: Duveen Brothers, Inc. Duveen Sculpture in Public Collections of America: A Catalog Raisonné with illustrations of Italian Renaissance Sculptures by the Great Masters which have passed through the House of Duveen. New York, 1944: figs. 52-54, as by Desiderio da Settignano.

1949: Paintings and Sculpture from the Mellon Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1949 (reprinted 1953 and 1958): 150, repro., as by Desiderio da Settignano.

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 152, as by Desiderio da Settignano.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 135, repro., as by Desiderio da Settignano.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 88, 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.