top of page
Anjali Padmanaban
Art History/Criticism
Salon #5
 Saint Christopher and the Infant Christ.jpgSaint Christopher and the Infant Christ Artist: Domenico Ghirlandaio (Domenico Bigordi) (Italian, Florence 1448/49–1494 Florence) Medium: Fresco Provenance:?chapel of the Villa Michelozzi, Florence; Cornelius Vanderbilt, New York (1880) |  the musicians.jpgThe Musicians Artist: Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) (Italian, Milan or Caravaggio 1571–1610 Porto Ercole) Date: ca. 1595 Medium: Oil on canvas Provenance: Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte, Palazzo Madama, Rome (until d. 1626; inv., 1627); his nephew, Uguccione del Monte, Rome (d. 1626); his brother, Alessandro del Monte, Rome (1626–28; sale, Giardino di Ripetta, Rome, May 8, 1628, as "un quadro di Giovani che catano"); ?Cardinal Antonio Barberini, Palazzo Barberini, Rome (possibly presented |  The Return from the Hunt.jpgThe Return from the Hunt Artist: Piero di Cosimo (Piero di Lorenzo di Piero d'Antonio) (Italian, Florence 1462–1522 Florence) Date: ca. 1505–7 Medium: Tempera and oil on wood Porvenance: Marcello Sacchetti, Rome (until d. 1629; inv., 1639, nos. 136–37); by descent to his nephew, Giovanni Battista Sacchetti, Rome (until d. 1688; invs., 1647–58, no. 196; 1688, no. 110); his brother, Cardinal Urbano Sacchetti, Rome (1688–d. 1705; inv., 1705, no. 109); his nephew, marchese Matteo Sacchetti, Rome (17 |
|---|---|---|
 The Annunciation.jpgThe Annunciation Artist: Hans Memling (Netherlandish, Seligenstadt, active by 1465–died 1494 Bruges) Date: 1465–75 Medium: Oil on wood Provenance: Bertram Ashburnham, 4th Earl of Ashburnham, Ashburnham Place, Battle, Sussex (probably purchased by him; until d. 1878); his son, Bertram Ashburnham, 5th Earl of Ashburnham, Ashburnham Place (1878–1903; sold to Colnaghi); [Colnaghi, London, from 1903]; Rodolphe Kann, Paris (until d. 1905; his estate, 1905–7; cat., 1907, vol. 2, no. 108; sold to Duveen |  American PortraitureColonel Richard Thomas, 1796 James Peale (American, 1749–1831) Watercolor on ivory; Sight: 2 7/8 x 2 5/16 in. (7.3 x 5.9 cm) Provenance: Maria DeWitt Jesup Fund, 1931 (31.118) |  American PortraitureCatherina Elmendorf, 1752 American Oil on canvas; 50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm) Provenance: Gift of Katharine H. Aldrich, 2006 (2006.418) |
 American PortraitureCaptain John Gell, 1785 Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755–1828) Oil on canvas; 94 1/2 x 58 1/2 in. (240 x 148.6 cm) Provenance: Purchase, Dorothy Schwartz Gift, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and 2000 Benefit Fund, 2000 (2000.450) |  American PortraitureAlbert Gallatin, ca. 1796 James Sharples (American, ca. 1751–1811) Pastel on light gray wove paper; 9 3/8 x 7 3/8 in. (23.8 x 18.7 cm) Provenance: Gift of Miss Josephine L. Stevens, 1908 (08.144) |  Maria_Luisa_of_Parma_(1751–1819),_Later_Queen_of_Spain.jpgI'm a description. Click to edit me |
 DT1573.jpgDucks Resting in Sunshine Artist: Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, Paris 1686–1755 Beauvais) Date: 1753 Medium: Oil on canvas Provenance: Ange Laurent de La Live de Jully, Paris (after 1764–70; his sale, Rémy, Paris, May 2–14, 1770, no. 70, this picture and MMA 71.89 for 501 livres to Leroy or Le Roy); [Léon Gauchez and Alexis Febvre, Paris, until 1870; sold to Blodgett]; William T. Blodgett, Paris and New York (1870–71; sold half share to Johnston); William T. Blodgett and John Taylor Johnston, New |  Dog Guarding Dead Game.jpgDog Guarding Dead Game Artist: Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, Paris 1686–1755 Beauvais) Date: 1753 Medium: Oil on canvas Provenance: Ange Laurent de La Live de Jully, Paris (after 1764–70; his sale, Rémy, Paris, May 2–14, 1770, no. 70, this picture and MMA 71.57 for 501 livres to Leroy or Le Roy); [Léon Gauchez and Alexis Febvre, Paris, until 1870; sold to Blodgett]; William T. Blodgett, Paris and New York (1870–71; sold half share to Johnston); William T. Blodgett and John Taylor Johnston, New Yo |  The_Public_Viewing_David’s_Coronation_at_the_Louvre.jpgThe Public Viewing David’s "Coronation" at the Louvre Artist: Louis Léopold Boilly (French, La Bassée 1761–1845 Paris) Date: 1810 Medium: Oil on canvas Provenance: the artist, Paris (until 1829; sale, Bonnefond de Sarial, Paris, January 12–13, 1818, no. 12, withdrawn; his sale, Paillet, Paris, April 13–14, 1829, no. 5, as “Le tableau du Sacre, exposé aux regards du public dans le grand salon du Louvre,” for Fr 615, to Henry); Thomas Henry, Paris or Cherbourg (from 1829); Anatole Auguste Hulot |
 The Young Fisherman.JPGThe Young Fisherman Artist: Henry Inman (American, Utica, New York 1801–1846 New York) Date: ca. 1829 Medium: Oil on wood Provenance: Samuel Putnam Avery Sr., New York (by 1895) |
bottom of page