Saint Matthew

Provenance

Private collection, Florence; (Sestieri, Rome);[1] (Heim Gallery, London); purchased 1970 by NGA. [1] See the letter of 5 March 1974 to Douglas Lewis from A.S. Ciechanowiecki of the Heim Gallery, in NGA curatorial files. According to the Heim Gallery index card file of objects sold, an Algardi St. Matthew, no. W6842-5, was sold to a Dr. Sackler, with no further information given (Getty Research Institute, Heim Gallery Records, Box 105).

Saint Matthew

Algardi, Alessandro

c. 1640

Accession Number

1970.7.1

Medium

terracotta

Dimensions

overall: 38 x 32.4 x 19.8 cm (14 15/16 x 12 3/4 x 7 13/16 in.)

Classification

Sculpture

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund