Hans Memling

St. Veronica



Hans Memling - St. Veronica



Hans Memling
St. Veronica
c. 1480
31.1 x 24.2 cm
Oil on wood
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Samuel H. Kress Collection


Related works

Reverse:

Hans Memling - Chalice of St. John the Evangelist
Hans Memling
Chalice of St. John the Evangelist
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. 118

Literature
Barbara G. Lane, Hans Memling, London, 2009, plate 24B


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


Hans Memling Portrait of a man with an arrow
Portrait of a man with an arrow
c. 1470

Hans Memling Diptych of Maarten van Nieuwenhove (left wing)
Diptych of Maarten van Nieuwenhove (left wing)
1487

Hans Memling Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Angels
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Angels

Hans Memling Madonna and Child with angels
Madonna and Child with angels
c. 1480

Hans Memling Seven Joys of the Virgin
Seven Joys of the Virgin
1480