Hans Memling

Chalice of St. John the Evangelist



Hans Memling - Chalice of St. John the Evangelist



Hans Memling
Chalice of St. John the Evangelist
c. 1480
31.1 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
Hans Memling
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

External links

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 1952.5.46.b

Other works by Hans Memling


Hans Memling Scenes of the Passion
Scenes of the Passion

Hans Memling Portrait of a Young Man
Portrait of a Young Man
c. 1472–75

Hans Memling Virgin with Child
Virgin with Child

Hans Memling Portrait of an unknown Italian
Portrait of an unknown Italian
c. 1487

Hans Memling Madonna and Child Enthroned
Madonna and Child Enthroned