Hans Memling

Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
Lane 71

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. 120

Provenance

Probably Leopold III Friedrich Franz, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau (1740-1817), Gotisches Haus, Wörlitz, near Dessau
probably by inheritance to his grandson, Leopold IV Friedrich, Duke of Anhalt (1794-1871), Gotisches Haus
by inheritance to his son, Friedrich I, Duke of Anhalt (1831-1904), Gotisches Haus
by inheritance to his son, Friedrich II, Duke of Anhalt (1856-1918), Gotisches Haus
by inheritance to his son, Eduard Georg Wilhelm, Duke of Anhalt (1861-1918), Gotisches Haus
by inheritance to his son, Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt (1901-1947), Gotisches Haus
sold early 1927 to Hugo Perls, Berlin
sold via the Mannheimer collection, Amsterdam, to Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris
purchased November 1927 by Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.
deeded 5 June 1931 to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh
gift 1937 to NGA

External links

RKD 116385
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 1937.1.41

Other works by Hans Memling

St. Veronica
c. 1480

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Angels

Seven Joys of the Virgin
1480

Portrait of a Man with a Letter

Diptych of Maarten van Nieuwenhove (right wing)
1487