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Don Antonio Noriega
Francisco Goya1801
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States
Details
- Title: Don Antonio Noriega
- Creator: Francisco Goya
- Date Created: 1801
- Physical Dimensions: overall: 102.6 x 80.9 cm (40 3/8 x 31 7/8 in.) framed: 128.3 x 105.4 x 12.7 cm (50 1/2 x 41 1/2 x 5 in.)
- Provenance: Purchased from a private collector in Madrid by Freiherr Ferdinand Eduard von Stumm [1843-1925], while he was ambassador of the German Empire to the court of Madrid, 1887-1892;[1] (his estate sale, Günther Deneke Auktionhaus, Berlin, 4 October 1932, 19, no. 87); (Wildenstein & Co., Paris and New York);[2] sold 1955 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[3] gift 1961 to NGA. [1] August L. Mayer, "The Portrait of Don Antonio Noriega by Goya," _Apollo_ 22 (1935): 49. The dates of Stumm's appointment as ambassador to Madrid are established by _Almanach de Gotha_ (1890)127: 680 and _Almanach de Gotha_ (1892)129: 786. [2] Mrs. Ay-Whang Hsia, Vice President of Wildenstein & Co., New York, letter of 14 September 1988 in NGA curatorial files. [3] A letter dated 8 February 1955 from Wildenstein & Co. to the Kress Foundation outlines the agreement for the sale of two paintings and a bronze figure (see copy in NGA curatorial files and The Kress Collection Digital Archive, https://kress.nga.gov/Detail/objects/674). One of the paintings was _Portrait of Don Antonio Nortega[sic]_ by Goya.
- Rights: CC0
- Medium: oil on canvas
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