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God the Father
Pierre Mignardafter 1664
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States
Details
- Title: God the Father
- Creator: Circle of Pierre Mignard I
- Date Created: after 1664
- Physical Dimensions: overall (oval): 46.5 x 60.3 cm (18 5/16 x 23 3/4 in.) framed: 61.9 x 75.9 x 6.4 cm (24 3/8 x 29 7/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
- Provenance: John Barnard [d. 1784], London;[1] by inheritance to his nephew, Thomas Hankey [d. 1799], Bedford Park, London; (his estate sale, Christie's, London, 7-8 June 1799, no. 36); James Akers, London; (his sale, Stanley, London, 28-29 April 1814 [originally scheduled for April 21-22], no. 127); George Spencer-Churchill, 5th duke of Marlborough [1766-1840], White Knights, near Reading, Berkshire; (his sale, Hawkes, at his residence, 26-28 October 1819, 3rd day, no. 13). (sale, Phillips, London, 12 October 1985, as Workshop of Albani). (Havari and Johns, London); sold 1986 to NGA. [1] The painting is inscribed on the reverse "J:B, N:66 / Albano." The initials probably refer to John Barnard. The painting was possibly lot 35 in the estate sale of Jean de Julienne (1686-1766) held in Paris on 30 March 1767, and the days following: "François Albani, ou L'Albane. 35 Le Pere Eternal & la Hiérarchie Céleste. Tableau, riche de composition & fort de coloris, peint sure une toile de forme ovale, qui porte 17 pouces de haut, sur 22 de large." The measurements translate to 45.93 x 59.44 cm, very close to those of the National Gallery's painting. The engraver Pierre François Basan (1723-1797) is recorded as the buyer; the painting does not appear in his estate sale that was held 1-19 December 1798 in Paris. It is not known when the painting entered Barnard's collection; it is not itemized in the description of Barnard's collection in Thomas Martyn, _The English Connoisseur: Containing an account of whatever is curious in painting, sculpture, &tc. in the palaces and seats of the nobility and principal gentry of England, both in town and country_, 2 vols., London, 1766: 1:10-11. See also the letter from Martha Hepworth of the Getty Provenance Index to Eric Garberson, 8 July 1991, in NGA curatorial files.
- Rights: CC0
- Medium: oil on canvas
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