Provenance
Stefano Bardini [1836-1922], Florence.[1] Prince Johan II of Liechtenstein [1840-1929], Vienna, by 1896;[2] Prince Franz I of Liechtenstein [1853-1938]; Prince Franz Josef II of Liechtenstein [1906-1989]; acquired 2 April 1953 by (J. Seligmann & Co., New York);[3] purchased 1954 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1960 to NGA.
[1] Lusanna, Enrica Neri and Lucia Faedo. _Il Museo Bardini a Firenze, volume secondo: le sculture_, Firenze, 1986: 31.
[2] Bode, Wilhelm von, _Die Fürstlich Leichtensteinsche Gemäldegalerie_, Vienna, 1896: 130.
[3] See letters to Jacques Seligmann & Company from the Director of the Liechtenstein Collection, dated 2 April 1953, in the Jacques Seligmann & Co. Records, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington: Box 244; copies in NGA curatorial files.
Accession Number
1960.5.5
Medium
marble
Dimensions
overall: 65 x 20 x 13.9 cm (25 9/16 x 7 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Credit Line
Samuel H. Kress Collection