Oval Dish with the Whore of Babylon

Provenance

Hollingworth Magniac, Esq., Colworth, by 1862[1] (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 2 and 4 July 1892, no. 248); Charles Borradaille, Paris, by 1897.[2] (Duveen Brothers, New York and London); purchased 8 November 1901 by Peter A. B. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from the Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, 1942.[3] [1] Widener Collection records in NGA Curatorial Records indicate that Magniac bought the dish from two unidentified ladies in Bedfordshire about 1835. The dish was lent by Magniac to the South Kensington exhibition in 1862. [2] Borradaille is named as the lender in the catalogue of the 1897 Burlington Fine Arts Club exhibition. [3] Widener Collection records in NGA Curatorial Records.

Oval Dish with the Whore of Babylon

Courteys, Martial

c. 1570

Accession Number

1942.9.291

Medium

enamel painted on copper

Dimensions

overall: 40 x 53.3 cm (15 3/4 x 21 in.)

Classification

Decorative Art

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Widener Collection