Apollo and Marsyas, c. 1540

Provenance

Possibly John Francis Austen [d. 1893], London and Capel Manor, Horsmonden, Kent, England; probably by inheritance with house and contents to his widow, Mrs. John Fancis Austen [Georgiana F. Pearse]; (Austen sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 10 July 1931, no. 47, as by Cariani); purchased by (Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna). (Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi, Florence and Rome); sold 1936 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[1] gift 1939 to NGA.[2]

Exhibition History

1998

A Collector's Cabinet, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1998, no. 1, fig. 22.

Bibliography

1941

Preliminary Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1941: 65, no. 443, as by Florentine School, XVI Century.

1942

Book of Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 248, repro. 103, as by Florentine School, XVI Century.

1959

Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959: 88, repro., as by Florentine School, XVI Century.

1965

Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 50, as by Florentine School.

1968

National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 42, repro., as by Florentine School.

1973

Shapley, Fern Rusk. Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Italian Schools, XVI-XVIII Century. London, 1973: 5, fig. 6.

1975

European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 128, repro., as by Florentine School.

1979

Shapley, Fern Rusk. Catalogue of the Italian Paintings. 2 vols. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1979: 1:14-16; 2:pl. 9.

1985

European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 30, repro.

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