Circle of Rogier van der Weyden
Christ appearing to the virgin
c. 1460163 x 93 cm
Oil on wood
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Literature
Collection catalogues
John Oliver Hand, Martha Wolff, Early Netherlandish painting, Washington; New York, 1986, pp. 241-257
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 114
Provenance
Don José de Madrazo y Agudo, Madrid (died 1859), by 1856
by inheritance to his son, Don Federigo de Madrazo y Kuntz (died 1894), Madrid
Marqués de Salamanca (1805-1866), Madrid
his sale, Paris, 3-6 June 1867, nr. 155, as by Hugo van der Goes
Don Pedro de Madrazo, Madrid, until 1909
with Durlacher, London, by 1909
with Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York, September 1912
with Kleinberger, New York, May-June, 1914
with Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York, June 1914
purchased 15 December 1936 by The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh
gift 1937 to NGA
Other works by Rogier van der Weyden
Right wing of the Sforza Triptych
Shortly after 1444 or ca. 1460
Shortly after 1444 or ca. 1460
Virgin and Child
Before 1494
Before 1494
Trinity
First quarter of the 16th century
First quarter of the 16th century
Dream of Pope Sergius
Group of Men
Third quarter of the 15th century
Third quarter of the 15th century