A Young Woman and Her Little Boy

Provenance

Possibly Baron Achille Seillière, Paris, until 1873;[1] probably by inheritance to Jeanne Marguérite Seillière, Princesse de Sagan, [later Duchesse de Talleyrand-Périgord], Paris, probably by 1873 until at least 1896.[2] (Cottier and Co., London and New York); sold 1905 to Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania;[3] inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA. [1] Fern Rusk Shapley, _Catalogue of the Italian Paintings_, 2 vols., Washington, D.C., 1979: 1:92. [2] According to B. Berenson, _Florentine Painters of the Renaissance_, New York, 1896. [3] According to notes by Edith Standen, Widener collection curator, in NGA curatorial records.

A Young Woman and Her Little Boy

Bronzino, Agnolo

c. 1540

Accession Number

1942.9.6

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

overall: 99.5 x 76 cm (39 3/16 x 29 15/16 in.) | framed: 134.6 x 111.1 x 6.7 cm (53 x 43 3/4 x 2 5/8 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Widener Collection