Provenance
William G. Coesvelt, London, in 1836;[1] (his sale, Christie & Manson, London, 13 June 1840, no. 37, as by Raphael); purchased by Farquhar.[2] Granville Edward Harcourt Vernon [1816-1861], Grove Hall, Nottinghamshire, England, by 1857; by inheritance to his wife, Lady Selina Vernon [later Lady Hervey], until at least 1894.[3] (Count Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi, Florence and Rome); sold 1935 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[4] gift 1939 to NGA.
Exhibition History
- 1857
- Art Treasures of the United Kingdom: Paintings by Ancient Masters, Art Treasures Palace, Manchester, 1857, no. 144, as by Raphael.
- 1883
- Exhibition of Works by the Old Masters. Winter Exhibition, Royal Academy, London, 1883, no. 176, as by Raphael.
- 1893
- Exhibition of Early Italian Art from 1300 to 1550, New Gallery, London, 1893-1894, no. 246, as by Raphael.
- 1979
- Berenson and the Connoisseurship of Italian Painting, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1979, no. 84, as by Perugino.
- 1983
- Raphael and America, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1983, no. 24, repro.
Bibliography
- 1941
- Preliminary Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1941: 149, no. 266, as by Pietro Perugino.
- 1942
- Book of Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 245, repro. 164, as by Pietro Perugino.
- 1944
- Frankfurter, Alfred M. The Kress Collection in the National Gallery. New York, 1944: 39, repro., as by Perugino.
- 1945
- Paintings and Sculpture from the Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1945 (reprinted 1947, 1949): 68, repro., as by Perugino.
- 1959
- Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959: 94, repro., as by Pietro Perugino.
- 1965
- Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 100, as by Pietro Perugino.
- 1968
- European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 88, repro.
- 1968
- Shapley, Fern Rusk. Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Italian Schools, XV-XVI Century. London, 1968: 103-104, fig. 254.
- 1975
- European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 262, repro.
- 1979
- Shapley, Fern Rusk. Catalogue of the Italian Paintings. 2 vols. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1979: I:361-362, II:pl. 260.
- 1984
- Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 108, no. 80, color repro.
- 1985
- European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 175, repro.
- 2011
- Pergam, Elizabeth A. The Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857: Entrepreneurs, Connoisseurs and the Public. Farnham and Burlington, 2011: 190 n. 57, 312.
