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The Deposition
Bernard van Orleyc. 1520
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States
Details
- Title: The Deposition
- Creator: after Bernard van Orley
- Date Created: c. 1520
- Physical Dimensions: overall: 225 x 228.5 cm (88 9/16 x 89 15/16 in.)
- Provenance: Probably Jacopo Luis Francesco Pablo Rafael FitzJames-Stuart, 8th duke of Berwick and 15th duke (duque in Spanish) of Alba [1821-1881], Liria Palace, Madrid; (Alba sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 7-20 April 1877, no. 1 under Italian tapestries, as Ferrarese 16th Century).[1] Baron d'Erlanger, Paris, by 1880.[2] Marsden Jasiel Perry [1850-1935], Providence, Rhode Island, by 1913;[3] sold to (French and Company, New York); inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, after purchase 1 November 1921 by funds of Joseph E. Widener;[4] gift 1942 to NGA. [1] The owners were said to have bought in all but one tapestry at the sale, and hence even the NGA tapestry (for 15,000 francs); see Jules Guiffrey, _Histoire de la tapisserie, depuis le Moyen Age jusqu'à nos jours_, Tours, 1886: 492. However, an annotated copy of the sale catalogue in the NGA Library indicates the tapestry was purchased by French and Company; see copy in NGA curatorial files. [2] The tapestry was lent by him to the _Exposition nationale belge_ in Brussels in 1880. [3] Wilhelm R. Valentiner, "Tapestries from Designs by Bernaert von Orley," _Art in America_ (January 1913): 57. [4] Edith A. Standen, Widener curator, note in Widener collection cards in NGA curatorial files.
- Rights: CC0
- Medium: tapestry: undyed wool warp; spun silver, silver-gilt, and dyed silk and wool weft
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