Provenance
Grand Duchess Maria Nicolaievna de Leuchtenberg [1819-1876], Saint Petersburg, Russia, after 1852;[1] by inheritance to her son, Nicholas de Beauharnais, duc de Leuchtenberg [1843-1891], Saint Petersburg, Russia; by inheritance to Nicholas' son, Nicholas de Beauharnais, duc de Leuchtenberg [1868-1928], Saint Petersburg, Russia; acquired by A.-B. Nordiska Kompaniet, Stockholm, by 1917, as by Ridolfo Ghirlandaio.[2] (Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi, Florence and Rome); sold 1937 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[3] gift 1939 to NGA.
[1] The painting is not included in the 1851 catalogue of the Leuchtenberg collection.
[2] Eugène de Beauharnais, _Leuchtenbergska tavelsamlingen_, Stockholm, 1917, catalogues 93 pictures acquired by the AB Nordiska Kompaniet from the Leuchtenberg collection; this picture is no. 9, as by Ghirlandaio.
[3] See also The Kress Collection Digital Archive, https://kress.nga.gov/Detail/objects/2261.
Accession Number
1939.1.371
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall (diameter): 145.7 cm (57 3/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Samuel H. Kress Collection