A Lady

Provenance

Alessandro Castellani [1823-1883], Paris and Rome. Baron Arthur de Schickler [1828-1919], Paris, and Martinvast, Normandy (near Cherbourg); by inheritance to his daughter, Marguerite, Comtesse Hubert de Pourtalès [1870-1956], Paris, and Martinvast, Normandy. (Duveen Brothers, Inc, London, New York, and Paris). Clarence H. Mackay [1874-1938], Rosyln, New York, at least from 1923 until 1929; (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris); purchased 1936 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[1] gift 1939 to NGA. [1] Provenance according to Ulrich Middeldorf, _Complete Catalogue of the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Sculptures XIV-XIX Century_, 1976: 21.

A Lady

Verrocchio, Andrea del

1475/1485

Accession Number

1939.1.326

Medium

marble

Dimensions

overall: 53 x 48.8 x 19.9 cm (20 7/8 x 19 3/16 x 7 13/16 in.)

Classification

Sculpture

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection