Rogier van der Weyden

Portrait of a lady



Rogier van der Weyden - Portrait of a lady



Rogier van der Weyden
Portrait of a lady
c. 1455
37 x 27 cm
Oil on wood
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Andrew W. Mellon Collection


Literature


Collection catalogues
John Oliver Hand, Martha Wolff, Early Netherlandish painting, Washington; New York, 1986, pp. 241-257
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 116

Literature
Diane Wolfthal, Cathy Metzger, Los Angeles Museums, Brussels, 2014, p. 199, fig. 8


Provenance


Probably Leopold Friedrich Franz, Prince of Anhalt (died 1817), Gotisches Haus, Wörlitz, near Dessau
probably Leopold Friedrich, Prince of Anhalt (died 1871)
Friedrich I, Duke of Anhalt (died 1904)
Friedrich II, Duke of Anhalt, Gotisches Haus, Wörlitz, and Herzogliches Schloss, Dessau
sold 1925 through Bachstitz Gallery, The Hague to Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris
purchased December 1926 by Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.
deeded 30 March 1932 to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh
gift 1937 to NGA


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