Pax with the Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints

Provenance

Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Bergamo, before 1844; (probably Costantino Lavezzari, Milan). [1] (Alessandro Contini Bonacossi, 1878-1955, Rome and Florence);[2] purchased 26 June 1935 by Samuel H. Kress (1863-1955), New York; gift 27 September 1950 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[3] gift 1961 to NGA. [1] Laura Aldovini, _I Nielli Trivulzio. Storia, Tecnica, Collezionismo,_ Milan, 2021: 84. [2] The bill of sale included sculptures, maiolicas, furniture, antique velvets, paintings, and enamels, for a total of one hundred objects. Copy in NGA curatorial files. See also The Kress Collection Digital Archive, (https://kress.nga.gov/Detail/acquisitions/ACQ143). [3] An affidavit of 21 August 1956 by Herbert L. Spencer, executive director, Samuel H. Kress Foundation, states the Trivulzio collection of nielli and enamels were given by Samuel H. Kress to the Foundation on 27 September 1950; original in National Gallery of Art Archives. Secretary and General Counsel Records – Major Donor Files; copy in NGA curatorial files.

Pax with the Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints

Finiguerra, Maso

possibly late 18th or early 19th Century

Accession Number

1961.9.176

Medium

nielloed silver plate with traces of gilding in a gilded bronze frame

Dimensions

unframed: 11.1 × 7.2 cm (4 3/8 × 2 13/16 in.) | framed: 24.1 × 13.1 × 1.4 cm (9 1/2 × 5 3/16 × 9/16 in.)

Classification

Sculpture

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection