Provenance
Count Alexander Sergeievitch Stroganoff [1733-1811], Rome; by inheritance to his son, Count Sergei Alexandrovitch Stroganoff [1794-1882], Rome; by inheritance to his son, Count Grigory Sergeievitch Stroganoff [1829-1910], Rome; sold 1900 to Sir George Donaldson [1845-1925], London; sold 1904 to (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris); sold to Mrs. Collis P. Huntington [d. 1924], San Marino, California; sold 1922 to (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris);[1] purchased 15 December 1936 by The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh;[2] gift 1937 to NGA.
[1] Provenance according to prospectus provided by Duveen Brothers, in NGA curatorial files.
[2] The original Duveen Brothers invoice is in Gallery Archives, copy in NGA curatorial files; the sculpture is listed as by Giovanni Bologna.
Accession Number
1937.1.131
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
overall: 179 × 48.5 × 94.9 cm (70 1/2 × 19 1/8 × 37 3/8 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Credit Line
Andrew W. Mellon Collection