Allegorical Portrait of Dante

Provenance

William Graham [1817-1885], London.[1] Quintin McGarel Hogg, 2nd viscount Hailsham, London; (his sale, Sotheby's, London, 4 November 1953, no. 28, as by Vasari); purchased by Mawston. (International Financing Co., Panama); sold 1956 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[2] gift 1961 to NGA. [1] The painting does not appear in the 1886 Graham estate sale. [2] Provenance according to Kress files in NGA curatorial records. See also The Kress Collection Digital Archive, https://kress.nga.gov/Detail/objects/183.

Allegorical Portrait of Dante

Florentine 16th Century

late 16th century

Accession Number

1961.9.57

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

overall: 126.9 x 120 cm (49 15/16 x 47 1/4 in.) | framed: 165.7 x 158.8 x 8.3 cm (65 1/4 x 62 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection