Provenance
Commissioned by the Spilimbergo family, Spilimbergo, Italy; by inheritance to Count Giulio di Spilimbergo, Domanins, by 1819;[1] by inheritance to Count Niccolò d'Attimis Maniago, Florence, by 1904;[2] and Count Enrico d'Attimis Maniago, Florence, until 1909; Elia Volpi [1858-1938], Florence; sold 1909 to (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); sold October 1909 to Peter A.B. Widener [1834-1915], Elkins Park, Pennsylvania;[3] Inheritance from the Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park.
[1] Fabio di Maniago, _Storia delle belle arti friulane_, Udine, 1819: 201.
[2] Recorded in his possession by Oskar Fischel, _Tizian: Des Meisters Gemälde_, Stuttgart [u.a.], 1904: 195.
[3] Corrado Ricci, “Ritratti ‘tizianeschi’ di Gian Paolo Pace,” _Rivista del R. Istituto d’Archeologia e Storia dell’Arte_ 7 (1929): 257-258. The 1909 Duveen Brothers stock book for their New York office records this painting and NGA 1942.9.82 as "bt. Count Maniago, Florence." See Duveen Brothers Records, accession number 960015, Research Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles: Series I.A. New York House, 1886-1960: sales, 1901-1910, p. 62, reel 4, box 5; stock book, 1909, p. 76, reel 5, box 6; copies in NGA curatorial files.
Accession Number
1942.9.83
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 122 x 106.5 cm (48 1/16 x 41 15/16 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Widener Collection