Hand of the Honorable Lady Neave, 1883

Not on View

Medium

marble

Dimensions

overall without base: 10.8 × 23.5 × 14.61 cm (4 1/4 × 9 1/4 × 5 3/4 in.)
overall with base: 14.61 × 24.77 × 15.88 cm (5 3/4 × 9 3/4 × 6 1/4 in.)
base: 3.81 × 24.77 × 15.88 cm (1 1/2 × 9 3/4 × 6 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts

Accession Number

2018.44.132

Artists / Makers

Unknown 19th Century (sculptor)

Image Use

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Inscription

on side of base: THE HON-LADY NEAVE FECE FARE / QUESTO RICORDO PEI SUOI 3 FIGLI; on end of base: R. VILLA DI MARLIA / 15 MARZO 20 1883

Provenance

Purchased 1980s with two other sculptures of hands by William H. [1929-2020] and Abigail Booth Gerdts, New York;[1] gift 2018 to NGA.

[1] Per documention from Abigail Booth Gerdts provided with the gift, in NGA curatorial files. According to the inscription on the sculpture, Lady Neave had the work made, at the Villa Reale di Marlia in Tuscany, Italy, as a souvenir for her three sons. The Lady Neave named in the inscription has yet to be fully identified.

Associated Names

Gerdts, William H., Dr. and Mrs.

Exhibition History

1998: For Beauty and For Truth: The William and Abigail Gerdts Collection of American Still Life, Mead Art Museum, Amherst; Berry-Hill Galleries, New York, 1998, unnumbered catalogue, fig. 4.