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Provenance

Sir Francis Cook, 1st bt. [1817-1901], Doughty House, Richmond, Surrey, by 1888;[1] by inheritance to his son, Sir Frederick Lucas Cook, 2nd bt. [1844-1920], Doughty House; by inheritance to his son, Sir Herbert Frederick Cook, 3rd bt. [1868-1939], Doughty House; by inheritance to his son, Sir Francis Ferdinand Maurice Cook, 4th bt. [1907-1978], Doughty House, and Cothay Manor, Somerset;[2] (Francis A. Drey, London); sold February 1947 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[3] gift 1952 to NGA.

[1] Fritz Harck, "Verzeichnis der Werke des Cosma Tura," Jb Berlin 9 (1888): 37.

[2] The bill of sale to the Kress Foundation (see note 3) states that the painting was from "the collection of the late Sir Herbert Cook of Richmond (Surrey) England." The 4th Bt. inherited the collection and managed its dispersal after World War II with the trustees of the Cook estate.

[3] Drey sold five Cook paintings to the Kress Foundation, including Tura's "Annunciation with Two Saints" (bill of sale dated 18 February 1947; copy in NGA curatorial files).

Associated Names

Cook, 1st bt., Francis, Sir
Cook, 2nd bt., Frederick Lucas, Sir
Cook, 3rd bt., Herbert Frederick, Sir
Cook, 4th bt., Francis Ferdinand Maurice, Sir
Drey, Francis A.
Kress Foundation, Samuel H.

Exhibition History

1894: Exhibition of Pictures, Drawings & Photographs of Works of the School of Ferrara-Bologna, 1440-1540, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1894, no. 5.

2005: Masterpieces in Miniature: Italian Manuscript Illumination from the J. Paul Getty Museum, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2005-2006, not in brochure.

Bibliography

1951: Paintings and Sculpture from the Kress Collection Acquired by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation 1945-1951. Introduction by John Walker, text by William E. Suida. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1951: 74, no. 26, repro.

1959: Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959: 123, repro., as The Annunciation with Saint Francis and Saint Maurelius.

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 132, as The Annunciation with Saint Francis and Saint Maurelius.

1966: Shapley, Fern Rusk. Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Italian Schools, XIII-XV Century. London, 1966: 82, fig. 226-229.

1968: 119, repro., as The Annunciation with Saint Francis and Saint Maurelius.

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 352, repro., as The Annunciation with Saint Francis and Saint Maurelius.

1979: Shapley, Fern Rusk. Catalogue of the Italian Paintings. 2 vols. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1979: 1:510-511; 2:pl. 357.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 403, repro., as The Annunciation with Saint Francis and Saint Maurelius.

1997: Campbell, Stephen J. Cosme Tura of Ferrara: Style, Politics and the Renaissance City, 1450-1495. Yale University Press, 1997: 65-69, repro. no. 48.

2002: Campbell, Stephen J. Cosmè Tura: Painting and Design in Renaissance Ferrara. Exh. cat. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, 2002: 142, 143 fig. 63, 157.

2003: Boskovits, Miklós, and David Alan Brown, et al. Italian Paintings of the Fifteenth Century. The Systematic Catalogue of the National Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C., 2003: 660-665, color repro.