Domenico Fetti
The Veil of Veronica
c. 161581.5 x 67.5 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. 295
Provenance
Ferdinando Gonzaga, 6th duke of Mantua (1587-1626), by 1627
by inheritance to Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, 10th and last duke of Mantua (1650-1708), in Mantua 1706, and Venice 1709
Pierre Crozat (1665-1740), Paris, by 1728
by inheritance to his nephews, Louis-François Crozat, marquis du Châtel (1691-1750), Paris, and Joseph Antoine Crozat, baron de Tugny (1696-1751)
Crozat collection sale, Paris, 15 June 1751, nr. 119
Charles Cressent (1685-1768)
possibly Adolphe Thiers (1797-1877), Paris
with Ehrich Gallery, New York, in 1925
Arthur L. Nicholson, Bournemouth, in 1935
with Paul Drey, New York
purchased 1943 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York
gift 1952 to NGA
Other works by Domenico Fetti
The Burning and Destruction of Sodom
The Parable of the Sower
Nereids Lamenting the Dead Body of Leander
c. 1613-21
c. 1613-21
David with the head of Goliath
Portrait of a Man with a Sheet of Music
c. 1620
c. 1620