Walnut Bench with Balustraded Back

Provenance

Count Brancadori. (Professor Luigi Grassi [1858-1937], Florence); purchased 18 September 1922 by Joseph E. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; Inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, after purchase by funds of the Estate; gift 1942 to NGA.

Walnut Bench with Balustraded Back

Sienese 16th Century

16th century

Accession Number

1942.9.386

Medium

carved, gilded, and polychromed walnut and oak

Dimensions

overall: 188.7 x 101.4 x 38.9 cm (74 5/16 x 39 15/16 x 15 5/16 in.)

Classification

Decorative Art

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Widener Collection