Anthony van Dyck

Marchesa Elena Grimaldi, wife of Marchese Nicola Cattaneo



Anthony van Dyck - Marchesa Elena Grimaldi, wife of Marchese Nicola Cattaneo



Anthony van Dyck
Marchesa Elena Grimaldi, wife of Marchese Nicola Cattaneo
1623
246 x 173 cm
Oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., DC
Widener Collection


Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
Barnes II.45 info

Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 331

Literature
Christopher White, Anthony van Dyck & the art of portraiture, London, 2021, fig. 95


Provenance

Giacomo Cattaneo (born 1593), Genoa, husband of the sitter
by inheritance to his sons, Filippo Cattaneo (1619-1684) and Gio. Giacomo Cattaneo (1628-1712), Genoa
by inheritance 1712 to their great-nephew, Nicolò Cattaneo (1676-1746), Genoa
by inheritance to Giambatista Cattaneo, Genoa, by 1780
Nicola Cattaneo, Genoa, by 1827
Cattaneo della Volta Collection, until 1906
sold to Antonio Monti, Ferrara
on joint account December 1906 with P. & D. Colnaghi, London
on three-way joint account February 1907 with M. Knoedler and Co., New York
sold 1908 to Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park
gift 1942 to NGA


Other works by Anthony van Dyck


Anthony van Dyck Portrait of Mary Ruthven
Portrait of Mary Ruthven
c. 1639-40

Anthony van Dyck Portrait of a Genoese Noblewoman
Portrait of a Genoese Noblewoman

Anthony van Dyck Portrait of Quintijn Simons
Portrait of Quintijn Simons
c. 1634

Anthony van Dyck Portrait of a Woman and Child
Portrait of a Woman and Child
1621

Anthony van Dyck Family Portrait
Family Portrait
c. 1620