Provenance
Trivulzio Collection, Milan;[1] (Alessandro Contini Bonacossi, Florence); purchased August 1936 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[2] gift 1939 to NGA.
[1] The invoice from Contini Bonacossi for the relief and a number of paintings indicates the relief was formerly in this collection; copy in NGA curatorial files.
[2] The invoice (see note 1) is dated 1 August 1936, and an annotation dated 12 August 1936 indicates the bill had been paid.
Accession Number
1939.1.319
Medium
terracotta
Dimensions
overall: 109 x 57 cm (42 15/16 x 22 7/16 in.) | framed: 141.6 x 94.1 x 12.5 cm (55 3/4 x 37 1/16 x 4 15/16 in.) | gross weight: 85.73 kg (189 lb.)
Classification
Sculpture
Credit Line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
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