A Gentleman in Adoration before the Madonna

Provenance

Possibly Generale Conte Teodoro Lechi [1778-1866], Brescia, Italy.[1] Casa Grimani, Venice. (Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi, Florence and Rome); sold 1932 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[2] gift 1939 to NGA. [1] Recorded as item 274 the inventory of the Lechi family, published by Fausto Lechi, _I quadri delle collezioni Lechi in Brescia_, Florence, 1968: 204. [2] According to Kress records in NGA curatorial files. See also The Kress Collection Digital Archive, https://kress.nga.gov/Detail/objects/44.

A Gentleman in Adoration before the Madonna

Moroni, Giovanni Battista

c. 1560

Accession Number

1939.1.114

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 59.7 × 64.8 cm (23 1/2 × 25 1/2 in.) | framed: 80.01 × 85.41 × 7.62 cm (31 1/2 × 33 5/8 × 3 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection