Kneeling Angel, 1470/1480

West Building, Ground Floor — Gallery G17

Medium

marble

Dimensions

overall: 49.5 x 45.1 x 12.1 cm (19 1/2 x 17 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1939.1.321

Artists / Makers

Anonymous Artist (sculptor)

Giovanni Antonio Amadeo (related artist) Lombard, c. 1447 - 1522

Image Use

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Provenance

Barsanti, Rome. (Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi, Rome); sold October 1927 to Samuel H. Kress [1863-1955], New York;[1] gift 1939 to NGA.

[1] The bill of sale for paintings, maiolica, furniture, antique velvets, and several sculptures, including "2 Marble Angels by G.A. Amadeo," is dated 5 October 1927 (copy in NGA curatorial files).

Associated Names

Contini Bonacossi, Alessandro, Count
Kress Foundation, Samuel H.
Kress, Samuel H.

Exhibition History

1935: Sculptures of the Italian Renaissance, A.S. Drey Galleries, New York, 1935, no. 39.

1996: Obras Maestras de la National Gallery of Art de Washington, Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City, 1996-1997, unnumbered catalogue, 32-33, color repro.

Bibliography

1941: Preliminary Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1941: 218,no. A-25, as by Giovanni Antonio Amadeo (or Omodeo).

1942: Book of Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 253, repro. 224, as by Giovanni Antonio Amadeo (or Omodeo).

1959: Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959: 416, repro., as by Giovanni Antonio Amadeo.

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 145, as by Giovanni Antonio Amadeo.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 129, repro., as by Giovanni Antonio Amadeo.

1976: Middeldorf, Ulrich. Sculptures from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Schools XIV-XIX Century. London, 1976: 54.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 21, repro.

1999: Norman Herz, Katherine A. Holbrow and Shelley G. Sturman. "Marble Sculture in the National Gallery of Art: a Provenance Study." In Max Schvoerer, ed. Archéomatériaux: marbres et autres roches: ASMOSIA IV, Bordeaux, France 9-13 october 1995: actes de la IVème Conférence international de l’Association pour l’étude des marbres et autres roches utilizes dans le passé. Talence, 1999: 101-110.