A Member of the de Hondecoeter Family [obverse]

1543

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On View

West Building Main Floor, Gallery 41-A

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on panel

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Adolph Caspar Miller

  • Dimensions

    painted surface: 24.5 x 18.8 cm (9 5/8 x 7 3/8 in.)
    overall (panel): 25.6 x 20.1 cm (10 1/16 x 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1953.3.3.a

Associated Artworks

Crested Coat of Arms [reverse]

Antwerp 16th Century

1543

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sir John Frechville Ramsden [1877-1958], 6th Bart., Bulstrode, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire; (sale, Christie's, London, 11 July 1930, no. 23, as Joos van Cleve); sold 1930 to (Hermann Ball, Berlin);[1] (Schaeffer Gallery, Berlin, by 1930);[2] Adolph Caspar Miller, Washington, by 1937;[3] bequest 1952 to NGA.
[1] This is known from an annotated copy of the Christie's sale catalogue in the NGA curatorial files. Information about art dealer Hermann Ball and his firm provided by Mrs. H. S. Schaeffer.
[2] Mrs. H. S. Schaeffer wrote on 6 June 1983, "It is very possible that Alex Ball [son of gallery founder Hermann] bought the paintings in London and gave them to my husband for sale, as they did not have many paintings at this time. I know that Mr. and Mrs. Miller bought them directly from us." Letter in NGA curatorial files.
[3] Washington, Phillips Memorial Gallery, 1937, Paintings and Sculpture Owned in Washington, no. 2 (as Ambrosius Benson).

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1937

  • Paintings and Sculpture Owned in Washington, Phillips Memorial Gallery, Washington, 1937, no. 2, as Ambrosius Benson.

Bibliography

1924

  • Friedländer, Max J. Die altniederländische Malerei 14 vols. 1924-1937. Berlin, 1924: 2:107, 147, no. 296, pl. 93-94. (English ed., 14 vols., 1967-1976. Leiden, 1967: 2:61, 101, no. 296, pl. 183.)

1957

  • Marlier, Georges. Ambrosius Benson et la peinture à Bruges au temps de Charles-Quint. Damme, 1957: 256-257, 320-321, no. 146, pl. 75.

1965

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 13, as Niclaes de Hondecoeter by Ambrosius Benson.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 6, repro., as Niclaes de Hondecoeter by Ambrosius Benson.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 26, repro., as Niclaes de Hondecoeter by Ambrosius Benson.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 158, no. 171, color repro., as by South Netherlandish School.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 32, repro.

1986

  • Hand, John Oliver and Martha Wolff. Early Netherlandish Painting. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1986: 7-12, repros. 8, 11.

Wikidata ID

Q20176357

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