Diego Velázquez
The Needlewoman
c. 164074 x 60 cm
Oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Literature
Catalogues raisonnés
López-Rey 605
Checa 49
Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 308
Literature
Ann Dumas (ed.), Inspiring Impressionism, Denver-New Haven, 2007, fig. 99
Provenance
In the artist's possession at his death, 1660
probably Pierre-Armand-Jean-Vincent-Hippolyte, Marquis de Gouvello de Keriaval (1782-1870), Château de Kerlévénant, Sarzeau, Morbihan, Brittany
Madame Christiane de Polès (died 1936), Paris
sold 5 July 1926 to Wildenstein and Co., Paris
consigned to M. Knoedler & Co., New York
by whom purchased 9 March 1927
purchased on same day by Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.
deeded 12 December 1934 to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh
gift 1937 to NGA
Other works by Diego Velazquez
Lady with a Fan
c. 1635
c. 1635
The Toilet of Venus ('The Rokeby Venus')
c. 1648
c. 1648
Mars
c. 1638
c. 1638
Infanta Margarita Teresa
c. 1664
c. 1664
Portrait of a Woman
c. 1639
c. 1639