The Virgin in Adoration, mid 19th century

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Medium

terracotta

Dimensions

overall: 77 x 41 cm (30 5/16 x 16 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Andrew W. Mellon Collection

Accession Number

1937.1.124

Artists / Makers

Italian 19th Century (sculptor)

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Provenance

Louis-Charles Timbal [1821-1880], Paris; Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his estate; purchased 1930 with the entire Dreyfus collection by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris);[1] purchased 15 December 1936 by The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh;[2] gift 1937 to NGA.

[1] Provenance prior to Mellon Trust is according to David Finley's notebook donated to the National Gallery of Art in 1977, now in the Gallery Archives.

[2] The original Duveen Brothers invoice is in Gallery Archives, copy in NGA curatorial files; the sculpture is listed as by Luca della Robbia.

Associated Names

Dreyfus, Gustave
Duveen Brothers, Inc.
Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, The A.W.
Timbal, Louis-Charles

Bibliography

1931: Mayer, August L. "Die Sammlung Gustave Dreyfus." Pantheon 7 (January 1931):11, repro.

1937: Cortissoz, Royal. An Introduction to the Mellon Collection. Boston, 1937: repro. opposite p. 28, as by Luca della Robbia.

1941: Preliminary Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1941: 230-231, no. A-13, as by Andrea della Robbia.

1942: Book of Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 253, repro. 233, as by Andrea della Robbia.

1944: Duveen Brothers, Inc. Duveen Sculpture in Public Collections of America: A Catalog Raisonné with illustrations of Italian Renaissance Sculptures by the Great Masters which have passed through the House of Duveen. New York, 1944: figs. 42-43, as Adoration of the Child, by Luca della Robbia.

1949: Paintings and Sculpture from the Mellon Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1949 (reprinted 1953 and 1958): 162, repro., as by Andrea della Robbia.

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 166, as by Andrea della Robbia.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 146, repro., as by Andrea della Robbia.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 122, repro.