Wife of a Member of the de Hondecoeter Family

Provenance

Sir John Frechville Ramsden [1877-1958], 6th Bart., Bulstrode, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire; (sale, Christie's, London, 11 July 1930, no. 23, as Joos van Cleve); sold 1930 to (Hermann Ball, Berlin);[1] (Schaeffer Gallery, Berlin, by 1930);[2] Adolph Caspar Miller, Washington, by 1937;[3] bequest 1953 to NGA. [1] This is known from an annotated copy of the Christie's sale catalogue in the NGA curatorial files. Information about art dealer Hermann Ball and his firm provided by Mrs. H. S. Schaeffer. [2] Mrs. H. S. Schaeffer wrote on 6 June 1983, "It is very possible that Alex Ball [son of gallery founder Hermann] bought the paintings in London and gave them to my husband for sale, as they did not have many paintings at this time. I know that Mr. and Mrs. Miller bought them directly from us." Letter in NGA curatorial files. [3] Washington, Phillips Memorial Gallery, 1937, _Paintings and Sculpture Owned in Washington_, no. 2 (as Ambrosius Benson).

Wife of a Member of the de Hondecoeter Family

Antwerp 16th Century

1543

Accession Number

1953.3.4

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

painted surface: 24.5 x 18.8 cm (9 5/8 x 7 3/8 in.) | overall (panel): 26 x 20.1 cm (10 1/4 x 7 15/16 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of Adolph Caspar Miller