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Imitator of Desiderio da Settignano

Christ with Saint John the Baptist as Children, probably 1855/1860

Not on View

Medium

marble

Dimensions

overall: 40.2 x 40.2 cm (15 13/16 x 15 13/16 in.)

framed: 60.3 x 73 x 6 cm (23 3/4 x 28 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Andrew W. Mellon Collection

Accession Number

1937.1.115

Artists / Makers

Anonymous Artist (sculptor)

Desiderio da Settignano (related artist) Florentine, c. 1429 - 1464

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Provenance

Acquired 1865 in Florence by Louis-Charles Timbal [1821-1880], Paris;[1] purchased 1870 by Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris;[2] his estate; purchased 1930 with the entire Dreyfus collection by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris); purchased 15 December 1936 by The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh;[3] gift 1937 to NGA.

[1] Duveen Sculptures in Public Collections of America, New York, 1944: no. 49.

[2] Ida Cardellini. Desiderio da Settignano, Milan, 1962: 257.

[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: Sculpture and Medals of the Renaissance from the Dreyfus Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1932, as by Desiderio da Settignano.

Bibliography

1883: Perkins, Charles. Historical Handbook of Italian Sculpture. London, 1883: 402.

1907: Vitry, Paul. "La collection de M. Gustave Dreyfus: I. - La Sculpture." Les Arts 72 (December 1907): repro. 6, 10-11.

1941: Preliminary Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1941: 221-222, no. A-4, as The Young Christ with Saint John the Baptist by Desiderio da Settignano.

1942: Book of Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 253, repro. 226, as The Young Christ with St. John the Baptist 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. 49-51, as The Young Christ and St. John, by Desiderio da Settignano.

1949: Paintings and Sculpture from the Mellon Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1949 (reprinted 1953 and 1958): 151, repro., as The Young Christ with St. John the Baptist by Desiderio da Settignano.

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 152, as The Young Christ with Saint John the Baptist by Desiderio da Settignano.

1967: Clarence Kennedy. Exh. cat. Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1967: 23, fig. 92, mislabelled as Relief of St. Jerome in the Desert by Desiderio da Settignano and Associates.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 135, repro., as The Young Christ with Saint John the Baptist by Desiderio da Settignano.

1987: Pasini, Pier Giorgio. "Matteo de'Pasti: Problems of Style and Chronology." Studies in the History of Art 21 (1987):152-153, repro.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 73, repro.

2009: Pasini, Pier Giorgio. Il tesoro di Sigismondo e le medaglie di Matteo de' Pasti. Bologna, 2009: repro. 102.