Paolo Veronese

Literature

John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 260

Provenance

Prince de Carignan
his sale, Paris, 18 June 1743 and days following, nr. 101
François-Louis de Bourbon, Prince de Conti (died 1776), Paris
his sale, Paris, 8 April - June 1777, nr. 104
Langlier. Antoine Poullain, Paris (died 1780)
his estate sale, Hôtel de Bullion by J.B.P. Lebrun, Paris, 15-21 March 1780, 3rd day, nr. 4
Lebrun
Joseph-Hyacinthe-François de Paul de Rigaud, comte de Vaudreuil (died 1817), Paris
his sale, J.B.P. Lebrun, Paris, 24-25 November 1784, 2nd day, nr. 6
with Lebrun, Paris and London
Welbore Ellis Agar (died 1805), London
by inheritance to Welbore Felix Agar and Emmanuel Felix Agar
purchased 1806 with the entire Agar collection by Robert Grosvenor, 1st marquess of Westminster (died 1845), Eaton Hall, Cheshire, England
by inheritance to Richard Grosvenor, 2nd marquess of Westminster (died 1869), Eaton Hall
by inheritance to Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st duke of Westminster (died 1899), Eaton Hall
by inheritance to Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd duke of Westminster, Eaton Hall
Westminster sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 4 July 1924, nr. 58
with Buttery, London
with Julius Böhler, Munich and Lucerne, sold 17 February 1925 Haas
Julius H. Haass (died 1931), Detroit
by inheritance to his wife, Lillian Henkel Haass, until at least 1949
with Newhouse Galleries, New York
with Frederick Mont, Inc., New York, from at least 1956, sold 14 February 1957 to Kess Foundation
Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York
gift 1959 to NGA

Iconclass

73A52 The Annunciation: Mary, usually reading, is visited by the angel (sometimes a woman overhears the conversation)

External links

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 1959.9.6

Other works by Paolo Veronese

The Adoration of the Shepherds
c. 1563-65

Cupid with Two Dogs
c. 1581

Christ Healing a Woman with an Issue of Blood
c. 1548

Saint Pantaleon Healing a Child
1587

Venus and Adonis