Anthony van Dyck

The prefect Raphael Racius



Anthony van Dyck - The prefect Raphael Racius



Anthony van Dyck
The prefect Raphael Racius
c. 1625
131 x 105.5 cm
Oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Widener Collection


Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
Barnes II.55 info

Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 337


Provenance

probably Marchese Tomasso Raggi (c. 1597-1679), Rome, by 1664
possibly Francesco Maria Balbi, Genoa, by 1780
said to have been bought by Sir Walter Rockcliffe Farquahar, 3rd bt. (1810-1900), from the Balbi family in Genoa
by inheritance to his son, Sir Walter Randolph Farquhar (1842-1901), London
his sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 2 June 1894, nr. 124
with Sedelmeyer Gallery, Paris
purchased 1894 by 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


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