The Adoration of the Skulls

Provenance

Probably Rizson.[1] Lewis Einstein [1877-1967], Paris; gift 1956 to NGA [1] This name was written on painting's old stretcher, which was replaced during the relining in 1967. According to the original accession card for the painting, there was also on the old stretcher a "circular red wax seal with coat of arms and text." A photograph was taken of the handwriting on the stretcher, but there appears to have been none taken of the seal; the photograph and accession card are in NGA curatorial files.

The Adoration of the Skulls

Dandré-Bardon, Michel-François

c. 1733/1734

Accession Number

1956.3.1

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 52.8 x 63.6 cm (20 13/16 x 25 1/16 in.) | framed: 66.7 x 77.5 x 3.2 cm (26 1/4 x 30 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of Lewis Einstein