Hans Memling
Chalice of St. John the Evangelist
c. 148031.1 x 24.2 cm
Oil on wood
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Related works
Obverse:
Hans Memling
St. Veronica
c. 1480
St. Veronica
c. 1480
Literature
Catalogues raisonnés
Lane 44b
Collection catalogues
John Oliver Hand, Martha Wolff, Early Netherlandish painting, Washington; New York, 1986, pp. 184-201
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 119
Provenance
Probably Bernardo Bembo, Venice or Verona (died 1519)
probably his son, Cardinal Pietro Bembo (1470-1547), Padua and Rome
Nicolai Nikitich Demidov, Prince of San Donato (1773-1828), near Florence
his son, Anatoly Nikolaievich Demidov, Prince of San Donato (1812-1870), near Florence
his sale, Paris, 3 March 1870, nr. 204, repro., etching by Rajou
private collection, Italy, until c. 1928
with Matthiesen Gallery, Berlin
with Paul Cassirer, Berlin
Baron Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza (1875-1947), Schloss Rohoncz, Hungary, and later, Villa Favorita, Lugano-Castagnola, Switzerland, by 1930
on consignment 1950 with M. Knoedler & Co., New York
purchased 1951 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York
gift 1952 by exchange to NGA
Other works by Hans Memling
Portrait of a Young Man
c. 1472–75
c. 1472–75
Virgin with Child
Portrait of an unknown Italian
c. 1487
c. 1487
Madonna and Child Enthroned
Portrait of a man with an arrow
c. 1470
c. 1470