Provenance
Stefano Bardini [1836-1922], Florence, in 1893.[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] sold 1954 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1960 to NGA.
[1] See letter from Alison Luchs dated 26 June 1991, in NGA curatorial files.
[2] Bode, Wilhelm von, _Die Fürstlich Leichtensteinsche Gemäldegalerie_, Vienna, 1896: 130.
[3] See letters to the 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
1960.5.16
Medium
marble
Dimensions
overall: 58.3 x 39 x 9.8 cm (22 15/16 x 15 3/8 x 3 7/8 in.) | framed: 82.6 x 64.1 x 9.5 cm (32 1/2 x 25 1/4 x 3 3/4 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Credit Line
Samuel H. Kress Collection