Titian
Portrait of a Lady
c. 155598 x 74 cm
Oil on canvas
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. 254
Provenance
Probably Michel Particelli d'Hémery (1596-1650), Paris
by inheritance to his son-in-law, Louis Phélypeaux de La Vrillière (1599-1681)
George Wilbraham, M.P. (1779-1852), Delamere House, near Northwich, Cheshire, by 1829
probably by inheritance to his son, George Fortescue Wilbraham (1815-1885), Delamere House, by 1883
probably by inheritance to his son, Major Hugh Edward Wilbraham, M.B.E. (1857-1930), Delamere House, by 1914
purchased January 1929 by Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris
sold 1938 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York
gift 1939 to NGA
Other works by Titian
The Death of Actaeon
c. 1565-76
c. 1565-76
Cardinal Pietro Bembo
c. 1540
c. 1540
Portrait of a Man
Portrait of a Lady ('La Schiavona')
c. 1511
c. 1511
The Virgin and Child
1570-76
1570-76