Putto Poised on a Globe

Provenance

Louis-Charles Timbal [1821-1880], Paris; Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his estate; purchased 1930 with the entire Dreyfus collection by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris);[1] purchased 15 December 1936 by The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh;[2] gift 1937 to NGA. [1] Provenance prior to Mellon Trust is according to David Finley's notebook donated to the National Gallery of Art in 1977, now in the Gallery Archives. [2] The original Duveen Brothers invoice is in Gallery Archives, copy in NGA curatorial files.

Putto Poised on a Globe

Verrocchio, Andrea del

c. 1480

Accession Number

1937.1.128

Medium

unbaked clay

Dimensions

overall: 75 x 38.3 x 23 cm (29 1/2 x 15 1/16 x 9 1/16 in.)

Classification

Sculpture

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Andrew W. Mellon Collection