Provenance
Purchased 1864 by Charles Timbal [1821-1880], Paris; sold 1872 with his collection by Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his estate; purchased 1930 with the entire Dreyfus collection by (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 prior to Mellon Trust is according to David Finley's notebook donated to the National Gallery of Art in 1977, now in the Gallery Archives.
[2] The original Duveen Brothers invoice is in Gallery Archives, copy in NGA curatorial files.
Accession Number
1937.1.118
Medium
marble
Dimensions
overall: 126 x 43 cm (49 5/8 x 16 15/16 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Credit Line
Andrew W. Mellon Collection