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Corneille de Lyon

Portrait of a Man, c. 1536/1540

Not on View

Medium

oil on walnut

Dimensions

overall: 16.5 x 14.3 cm (6 1/2 x 5 5/8 in.)

framed: 41.9 x 28.3 cm (16 1/2 x 11 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1965.8.1

Artists / Makers

Corneille de Lyon (artist) French, active 1533 - 1575

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Provenance

(Sale, Oxenham & Son, London, 31 May-1 June 1832, no. 83, as Rabelais by "Jeannet"); Sir John Rushout, 6th bt. and 2nd baron Northwick [1770-1859], Northwick Park, near Moreton-in-Marsh, originally Worcestershire, now Gloucestershire, and Thirlestane House, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire;[1] to his nephew, Sir George Rushout, 7th bt. and 3rd baron Northwick [1811-1887], Northwick Park;[2] by inheritance to his widow, Elizabeth Augusta, Lady Northwick [née Bateman-Hanbury, 1832-1912], Northwick Park;[3] by inheritance to her grandson from her first marriage, Captain Edward George Spencer-Churchill [1876-1964], Northwick Park; (his sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 28 May 1965, no. 38); (P. & D. Colnaghi, London); purchased 1965 by NGA.

[1] The typescript copy of the 1832 sales catalogue in the National Gallery, London, bears the notation "L'Northwick (his own note)" in the margin.

[2] There seems to be no way of verifying whether the painting passed by inheritance or was bought back by the third Baron Northwick when the second Baron Northwick died intestate. There appears to be no corresponding painting in the catalogue of the Phillips sale, 26 July 1859, held at Thirlestane House, Cheltenham, although several are possibilities.

[3] Elizabeth Augusta Bateman-Hanbury was first married, in 1853, to the writer, soldier, and Member of Parliament George Drought Warburton (1816-1857). Their only child, Augusta Warburton (1854-1941), was married in 1874 to Edward Spencer-Churchill (1853-1911). In 1869 the widowed Mrs. Warburton married the third Baron Northwick, with whom she had a daughter who died at the age of eight; The Dictionary of National Biography, 22 vols., London, 1921-1922: 20:753, and L.G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971, Baltimore, 1973: 208.

Associated Names

Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd.
Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., P. & D.
Northwick, Elizabeth Augusta, Lady
Northwick, George Rushout, 3rd baron, Sir
Northwick, John Rushout, 2nd baron, Sir
Oxenham and Son
Spencer-Churchill, Edward George, Capt.

Exhibition History

1932: Exhibition of French Art 1200-1900, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1932, no. 59.

1932: French Art Exhibition, City Art Gallery, Manchester, March-May 1932, no. 105.

1937: Chefs D'Oeuvre de L'art Français, Palais National Des Arts, Paris, 1937, no. 46.

1969: In Memoriam, Ailsa Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1969, unnumbered checklist.

Bibliography

1864: A Catalogue of the Pictures, Works of Art, etc. at Northwick Park. London, 1864: 16, no. 116.

1912: Arundel Club Portfolio. 1912: no. 10, repro.

1921: Borenius, Tancred. Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures at Northwick Park. London, 1921: 44-45, no. 89.

1933: Commemorative Catalogue of the Exhibition of French Art, 1200-1900. Exh. cat. Royal Academy of Arts, London, January - March 1932. Oxford and London, 1933: 20, no. 67, pl. 25..

1938: Dimier, Louis. "Les oeuvres des écoles des Pays-Bas en France." Oud Holland 55 (1938): 174.

1965: D'Otrange Mastai, M.-L. "Connoisseur in America." Connoisseur 160 (1965): 212, 213, repro.

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 29.

1968: “Accessions of American and Canadian Museums.” Art Quarterly 28 (August 1968): 314, 318, repro.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 22, repro.

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 74, repro.

1984: Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 142, no. 141, color repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 94, repro.

1995: Moehring, Sabine. "'L'original était fait pour les dieux!' Die Comtesse Dubarry in der Bildkunst." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Cologne, 1995: 34, 53, fig. 9.

1996: Dubois de Groër, Anne. Corneille de La Haye, dit Corneille de Lyon. Paris, 1996: 153, no. 45, 154, repro.

2004: Hand, John Oliver. National Gallery of Art: Master Paintings from the Collection. Washington and New York, 2004: 114-115, no. 88, color repro.

2009: Conisbee, Philip, et al. French Paintings of the Fifteenth through the Eighteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2009: no. 24, 124-126, color repro.