Anthony van Dyck
Paola Adorno, Marchesa Brignole Sale, and her son
c. 1625169.2 x 139.7 cm
Oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Widener Collection
Literature
Catalogues raisonnés
Barnes II.74
Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 332
Literature
Christopher White, Anthony van Dyck & the art of portraiture, London, 2021, fig. 120
Provenance
Possibly Pier Francesco Grimaldi, Genoa, 1780
acquired probably by 1787 by George Greville, 2nd earl of Brooke and Warwick (1746-1816), London and Warwick Castle
by inheritance to his son, Henry Richard Greville, 3rd earl of Brooke and Warwick (1779-1853), Warwick Castle
by inheritance to his son, George Guy Greville, 4th earl of Brooke and Warwick (1818-1893), Warwick Castle
by inheritance to his son, Francis Richard Charles Guy Greville, 5th earl of Brooke and Warwick (1853-1924), Warwick Castle, until at least 1900
with E.M. Hodgkins on joint account with M. Knoedler and Co., New York
sold 1909 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
Jupiter and Antiope
c. 1618
c. 1618
Saint Jerome with an Angel
c. 1618-20
c. 1618-20
Two Studies of a Bearded Man
c. 1616-17
c. 1616-17
Young Woman Resting her Head on her Hand
c. 1617-18
c. 1617-18
Self-portrait
c. 1615
c. 1615