Hans Memling
Virgin and Child with Saints Catherine of Alexandria and Barbara
early 1480s67 x 72.1 cm
Oil on wood
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Provenance
?Dr. John Taylor, Ashbourne, Derbyshire (b. 1711–d. 1788)
?Sir Joshua Reynolds, London (b. 1723–d. 1792; "given to Mrs. Davenport")
Mrs. Davenport, 2 Church Row, Hampstead, London (1884)
her descendant, Mr. Davenport (sold to Bodley)
G.F. Bodley, London (until 1900; sold to Colnaghi)
with Colnaghi, Paris, 1900–1901; sold to Goldschmidt
Léopold Goldschmidt, Paris (1901–d. 1904)
his daughter, Giberte de Sartiges, Comtesse de Sartiges, Château Louveciennes, Seine–et–Oise (1904–11; sold to Kleinberger)
with Kleinberger, Paris and New York, 1911; sold for $200,000 to Altman
Benjamin Altman, New York (1911–d. 1913)
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Other works by Hans Memling
Bathseba in the Bath
King David and a Young Boy
Portrait of an Old Man
c. 1475
c. 1475
The Annunciation
1480–89
1480–89
Angel with a Sword