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Venetian 16th Century

Allegory, c. 1530

West Building, Main Floor - Gallery 25

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

overall: 43 x 39.2 cm (16 15/16 x 15 7/16 in.)

framed: 63.5 x 59.1 x 6.4 cm (25 x 23 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. G. H. Alexander Clowes

Accession Number

1948.17.1

Artists / Makers

Venetian 16th Century (artist)

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Provenance

Possibly Fletcher family, Asolo, Italy, 18th century. Probably purchased in Italy by Sigmund Pollak, by 1936; sold 1941 to his brother-in-law, Felix Laurence, New York;[1] sold to Dr. and Mrs. George H. Alexander Clowes, Dover, Massachusetts; gift 1948 to NGA.

[1] A notorized affidavit from Felix Laurence provided to Clowes at the time of his purchase from Laurence recounts the provenance of the painting from Pollak (copy in NGA curatorial files).

Associated Names

Clowes, George H. Alexander, Dr. and Mrs.

Exhibition History

1988: The Pastoral Landscape: The Legacy of Venice, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1988-1989, no. 40, fig. 69, as Attributed to Pietro degli Ingannati.

Bibliography

1938: Kieslinger, Franz. “Gedanken zu einem neuaufgefunden Giorgionebild.” Belvedere 13, nos. 1-4 (1938): 61-66, fig. 79, as by Giorgione.

1955: Berenson, Bernard. Lotto. Milan, 1955: 18, fig. 6, as Imitator of Lorenzo Lotto.

1956: Berenson, Bernard. Lorenzo Lotto. New York, 1956: 3-4, pl. 6, as Close to Pietro degli Ingannati.

1957: Berenson, Bernard. Italian Pictures of the Renaissance. Venetian School. 2 vols. London, 1957: 1:92, as by Pietro degli Ingannati.

1958: Tervarent, Guy de. Attributs et symboles dans l'art profane, 1450-1600. 3 vols. Geneva, 1958-1964: 2(1959):390.

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 135.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 121, repro.

1972: Fredericksen, Burton B., and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections. Cambridge, MA, 1972: 165, 647, as by Pietro degli Ingannati.

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 362, repro.

1978: Caccialupi, Paola. "Pietro degli Ingannati." Saggi e memorie di storia dell'arte 11 (1978): 28, 33, 36, fig. 9, as by Pietro degli Ingannati.

1979: Shapley, Fern Rusk. Catalogue of the Italian Paintings. 2 vols. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1979: 1:246-247, 544; 2:pl. 168, 168A, as Attributed to Pietro degli Ingannati.

1984: Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 199, no. 235, color repro., as by Venetian School.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 420, repro.

1986: Ford, Terrence, compiler and ed. Inventory of Music Iconography, no. 1. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1986: 4, no. 92.

1992: Hoffman, Sabine. "Igannati, Pietro degli." In Allgemeines Künsler-Lexicon: Die bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker. 119 vols. Munich and Leipzig, 1992-2023: 76(2013):277, as Attributed to Pietro degli Ingannati.

1997: Brown, David Alan, Peter Humfrey, and Mauro Lucco. Lorenzo Lotto: Rediscovered Master of the Renaissance. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997: 80, fig. 1, labeled as Venetian School but described as by Pietro degli Ingannati.

2016: Humfrey, Peter. "Pietro degli Ingannai as a Painter of Mythologies." Arte Veneta 73 (2016): 162-163, fig. 1, as Allegory of Virtue and Vice, by Pietro degli Ingannati.