Provenance
James-Alexandre, comte de Pourtalès-Gorgier [1776-1855], Paris, by 1841;[1] (Pourtalès-Gorgier sale, Paris, 27 March-4 April 1865, 1st day, no. 87, as by Masaccio [sale began February 6; sale of paintings began March 27]); Henri-Joseph-François, baron de Triqueti [1804-1874], Paris;[2] by inheritance to his daughter, Mme Lee-Childe, baronne de Triqueti, Paris; (Triqueti sale, Paris, 4 May 1886, no. 4). ("a Paris expert's junk shop").[3] Baron Arthur de Schickler [1828-1919], Paris, and Martinvast, Normandy (near Cherbourg); by inheritance to his daughter, Marguerite, Comtesse Hubert de Pourtalès [1870-1956], Paris, and Martinvast, Normandy; sold June 1920 to (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, and New York) in part-share agreement with (Wildenstein & Co., Inc., New York) and (Arnold Seligmann & Co., Paris);[4] on approval to Carl W. Hamilton [1886-1967], New York, by 1920, and returned 1921;[5] Clarence H. Mackay [1874-1938], Roslyn, New York, by 1924 until at least the mid-1930s;[6] (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); purchased 15 December 1936 by The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh;[7] gift 1937 to NGA.
Associated Names
Drouot, HôtelDuveen Brothers, Inc.
Duveen Brothers, Inc.
Hamilton, Carl W.
Lee-Childe, Baronne de Triqueti, Mme
Mackay, Clarence H.
Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, The A.W.
Pourtalès, Hubert de, Comtesse
Pourtalès-Gorgier, James-Alexandre, comte de
Schickler, Arthur de, Baron
Seligmann & Cie., Arnold
Triqueti, Henri-Joseph-François, baron de
Wildenstein & Co., Inc.
Exhibition History
- 1924
- Loan Exhibition of Important Early Italian Paintings in the Possession of Notable American Collectors, Duveen Brothers, New York, 1924, no. 19 (no. 13 in illustrated 1926 version of catalogue).
- 1929
- Loan Exhibition of Primitives, M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1929, no. 5.
- 1930
- Exhibition of Italian Art 1200-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1930, no. 133a in 4th ed. of catalogue (no. 231 in commemorative catalogue published 1931; not in 1st ed. of catalogue or souvenir catalogue).
- 1935
- Fifteenth Century Portraits, M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1935, no. 11, repro.
- 2015
- The Botticelli Renaissance (Berlin title) / Botticelli Re-Imagined (London title), Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2015-2016, no. 163, repro. (painting lent to exhibition in Tokyo between Berlin and London venues).
- 2016
- Botticelli and His Time, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 2016 (painting withdrawn a month early for loan to exhibition in London).
Bibliography
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- 1869
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- 1886
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- 1938
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- 1941
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- 1941
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- 1941
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- 1942
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- 1942
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- 1949
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- 1963
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- 1965
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- 1966
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- 1966
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- 1967
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- 1968
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- 1968
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- 1972
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- 1975
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- 1975
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- 1976
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- 1976
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- 1978
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- 1979
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- 1979
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- 1980
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- 1983
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- 1984
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- 1985
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- 1986
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- 1987
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- 1988
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- 1989
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- 1989
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- 1990
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- 1992
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- 1996
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- 1998
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- 2000
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- 2003
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- 2003
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- 2005
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- 2005
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- 2006
- Körner, Hans. Botticelli. Cologne, 2006: 96, fig. 100.
- 2009
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- 2009
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- 2011
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- 2014
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- 2019
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- 2021
- Debenedetti, Ana. Botticelli: Artist and Designer. London, 2021: 211 n. 35.
- 2021
- Gianeselli, Matteo. “Sandro Botticelli et la France du XIX2 siècle: musées et collectioneurs.” In Ana Debenedetti and Pierre Curie, eds. Botticelli, artiste & designer. Exh. cat. Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris, 2021: 58.
- 2022
- Acidini, Cristina. Botticelli. Pisa, 2022: 177, repro.
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