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  • Provenance
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Provenance

Possibly Fletcher family, Asolo, Italy, 18th century. Probably purchased in Italy by Sigmund Pollak, by 1936; sold 1941 to his brother-in-law, Felix Laurence, New York;[1] sold to Dr. and Mrs. George H. Alexander Clowes, Dover, Massachusetts; gift 1948 to NGA.

[1] A notorized affidavit from Felix Laurence provided to Clowes at the time of his purchase from Laurence recounts the provenance of the painting from Pollak (copy in NGA curatorial files).

Exhibition History
1988
The Pastoral Landscape: The Legacy of Venice, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1988-1989, no. 40, fig. 69.
Bibliography
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 135.
1968
European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 121, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 362, repro.
1979
Shapley, Fern Rusk. Catalogue of the Italian Paintings. 2 vols. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1979: I:246-247, 544, II:pl. 168, 168A, as Attributed to Pietro delgi Ingannati.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 199, no. 235, color repro., as by Venetian School.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 420, repro.