Petrus Christus

The wife of a donor



Petrus Christus - The wife of a donor



Petrus Christus
The wife of a donor
c. 1455
42 x 21.6 cm
Oil on wood
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Samuel H. Kress Collection


Literature

Collection catalogues
John Oliver Hand, Martha Wolff, Early Netherlandish painting, Washington; New York, 1986, pp. 41-55
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 105


Provenance

Possibly private collection, Genoa
with Count Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi, Florence, by 1937
purchased 1937 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York
gift 1961 to NGA


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