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Madonna and Child Appearing to Saint Philip Neri
Giovanni Battista Piazzettaprobably 1725 or after
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States
Details
- Title: Madonna and Child Appearing to Saint Philip Neri
- Creator: Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
- Date Created: probably 1725 or after
- Physical Dimensions: overall: 112.4 x 63.5 cm (44 1/4 x 25 in.) framed: 135.9 x 87.6 x 9.5 cm (53 1/2 x 34 1/2 x 3 3/4 in.)
- Provenance: Private collection, Rome, by 1941.[1] (Antiquaria, Rome) on consignment January 1950 to (Adolph Loewi, Los Angeles);[2] by whom sold 12 May 1950 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[3] gift 1961 to NGA. [1] See Morandotti, Alessandro, _Mostra di pittura veneziana del settecento_, exh. cat. Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne, Venice, 1941. [2] According to Loewi records. The Antiquaria Gallery in Rome was run by Alessandro Morandotti, who had been director of the Loewi gallery in Venice and took over operations of it in 1939 when the Loewi family left Italy. Morandotti moved the business to Rome and renamed it Antiquaria, and eventually acquired the businessfrom Loewi in 1950. [3] See The Kress Collection Digital Archive, https://kress.nga.gov/Detail/objects/1345.
- Rights: CC0
- Medium: oil on canvas
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