Petrus Christus
The wife of a donor
c. 145542 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
Other works by Petrus Christus
Portrait of a young woman
The nativity
c. 1445
c. 1445
Portrait of a Man
A donor
c. 1455
c. 1455
A Goldsmith in His Shop