Provenance
Baron Adolphe de Rothschild [1823-1900], Paris; Baron Maurice de Rothschild [d. 1957], Paris; Clarence H. Mackay [1874-1938], Roslyn, New York by 1925;[1] (Jacques Seligmann & Cie., New York); purchased 1948, probably through (French & Co., New York),[2] by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1961 to NGA.
[1] Published by Valentiner in 1925 and 1926 as in the Mackay collection and as having come from the Rothschild collection.
[2] After Mackay's death his collection was dispersed by Seligmann; records from the Kress Foundation, now in NGA curatorial files, indicate that French and Co. was involved in the 1948 acquisition.
Accession Number
1961.9.101
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
overall: 103.4 x 56.3 x 40.2 cm (40 11/16 x 22 3/16 x 15 13/16 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Credit Line
Samuel H. Kress Collection