Episodes from the Life of Christ: Crowning with Thorns, probably 18th or 19th century

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Medium

nielloed silver

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1961.9.158

Artists / Makers

Northern Italian 18th Century (artist)

Northern Italian 19th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Provenance

Collection of Leopoldo Cicognara [1767-1834], Venice;[1] Enrico Conti, Milan, before 1917(?); Trivulzio collection, Milan, after 1917; [2] (Alessandro Contini Bonacossi, 1878-1955, Rome and Florence);[3] purchased 26 June 1935 by Samuel H. Kress (1863-1955), New York; gift 27 September 1950 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[4] gift 1961 to NGA.

[1] Laura Aldovini, I Nielli Trivulzio. Storia, Tecnica, Collezionismo,Milan, 2021: 239.

[2] Aldovini, I Nielli Trivulzio, 239.

[3] The bill of sale included sculptures, maiolicas, furniture, antique velvets, paintings, and enamels, for a total of one hundred objects. Copy in NGA curatorial files. See also The Kress Collection Digital Archive, (https://kress.nga.gov/Detail/acquisitions/ACQ143).

Associated Names

Cicognara, Leopoldo, Count
Contini Bonacossi, Alessandro, Count
Kress Foundation, Samuel H.
Kress, Samuel H.
Trivulzio collection

Bibliography

2021: Aldovini, Laura. I Nielli Trivulzio. Storia, Tecnica, Collezionismo. Milan, 2021: 83, 94,159, 236, 239-242, 274, fig. 49 no. 74, pl. XVIII.