Provenance

Count Giovanni Battista Costabili Containi I [d. 1841], Ferrara, Italia; by inheritance to his nephew, Count Giovanni Battista Costabili Containi II, Ferrara, until at least 1858. Dr. Gustavo Frizzoni [1840-1919], Milan, by 1877; by inheritance to Alberto Ginoulhiac, Milan, until at least 1930; Luigi Bonomi, Milan. (Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi, Florence and Rome); sold March 1932 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[1] gift 1939 to NGA. [1] The bill of sale for a number of paintings, including NGA 1939.1.83, is dated 4 March 1932; copy in NGA curatorial files; see also The Kress Collection Digital Archive, https://kress.nga.gov/Detail/objects/2247.

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

Correggio

1510/1515

Accession Number

1939.1.83

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

overall: 27.7 x 21.4 cm, 0.5 cm (10 7/8 x 8 7/16 in., 3/16 in.) | overall (with added edge strips): 29 x 22.4 cm (11 7/16 x 8 13/16 in.) | framed: 40.16 x 33.81 x 4.92 cm (15 13/16 x 13 5/16 x 1 15/16 in.)