Bernardino Luini
The Magdalen
c. 152558.8 x 47.8 cm
Oil on wood
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Literature
Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 282
Provenance
Federico Borromeo (1564-1631), by 1607
Biblioteca and Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan, until 1796
Lucien Bonaparte (died 1840), Prince de Canino, Paris and Rome, by 1812
Exhibited for private sale of Lucian Bonaparte collection, London, 6 February 1815, nr. 23, as by Leonardo
Bonaparte sale, Stanley, London, 15 May 1816, nr. 165, as by Leonardo
Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne (1816-1866), Bowood Hall, Wiltshire, by 1844
by inheritance to Henry Charles Keith Petty-FitzMaurice (1845-1927), 5th Marquess of Landsdowne, Bowood Hall
by inheritance to Henry William Edmund Petty-FitzMaurice (1872-1936), 6th Marquess of Landsdowne, Bowood Hall
acquired 25 April 1952 by Thomas Agnew and Sons, London
sold 29 April 1952 to Rudolf Heinemann, New York
on joint account 1952 with M. Knoedler and Co., London and New York
sold 1957 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York
gift 1961 to NGA
Other works by Bernardino Luini
Head of a Girl
The Holy Family with Saint Anne and the Infant Saint John the Baptist
c. 1520
c. 1520
The Virgin and Child with a Columbine
St. Catherine
1527/31
1527/31
Venus
c. 1530
c. 1530