Kress Paintings from the Birmingham Museum of Art, Part I
St. Peter, Aragonese Master (Valencian Master), 1400, Tempera on pine panel, 110.6cm x 187.0cm
Unknown — 1924
Diószegh is now known as Sládkovicovo (located in present-day Slovakia).
by Rachel Hofer 10/22/2017
1924 — Unknown
Inherited the painting on his father, Baron Karl Kuffner de Diószegh's death (1924). Removed from Castle Diószegh between 1930-1938; brought to New York. Diószegh is now known as Sládkovicovo (located in present-day Slovakia).
by Rachel Hofer 10/22/2017
1961 — Present Day
On loan to the Birmingham Museum of Art, 1959-1961. Kress Foundation #K-1582 http://artsbma.org/collection/saint-peter/
by Rachel Hofer 10/22/2017
Perseus Armed by Mercury and Minerva, Paris Bordone, 1545 — 1555, Oil on canvas, 154.3cm x 104.3cm
1838 — 1847
Sold the painting through Christie's London, May 8, 1847. Purchased by Barrett (no further information provided).
by Rachel Hofer 10/26/2017
Unknown — 1901
This may be Sir Francis Cook, 1st Baronet and 1st Viscount of Monserrate (1817-1901).
by Rachel Hofer 10/26/2017
1901 — 1920
Inherited on the death of his father, Sir Francis Cook (1901).
by Rachel Hofer 10/26/2017
1920 — 1932
Inherited on the death of his father, Sir Frederick Lucas Cook (1920).
by Rachel Hofer 10/26/2017
1932 — 1948
Inherited on the death of his father, Sir Herbert Frederick Cook (1932).
by Rachel Hofer 10/26/2017
1961 — Present Day
Kress Foundation #K-1631 http://artsbma.org/collection/perseus-armed-by-mercury-and-minerva/
by Rachel Hofer 10/26/2017
Journey of the Queen of Sheba, Apollonia di Giovanni, 1450, Tempera on panel, 175.9cm x 43.2cm
Unknown — 1930
H. M. Sinclair sold the painting through Christie's on May 9, 1930 as a painting by Master of Anghiari. It was purchased by Arndt (no further information provided).
by Rachel Hofer 10/22/2017
1961 — Present Day
Kress Foundation #K-251 http://artsbma.org/collection/journey-of-the-queen-of-sheba/
by Rachel Hofer 10/22/2017
Battle of Pavia, Unknown, 1525 — 1525, Oil on panel, 171.5cm x 114.2cm
- Rachel Hofer changed Note #1187 from "Kress Foundation #K-2126 http://artsbma.org/collection/battle-of-pavia/" to "Kress Foundation #K-2126 http://artsbma.org/collection/battle-of-pavia/ Painting was started after 1525." on 10/27/2017
1843 — Unknown
Passed down through inheritance, beginning with Dom Fernando Alvares de Castro in 1632 (purchased as a Dürer). His grand-nephew Dom Manoel de Castro inherited the painting. The painting later passed through inheritance to Jean de Castro Penamacor. Eventually the painting ended up in the possession of Antonia de Saldanha de Albuquerque Castro de Mesquite Lobo de Andread de Ribafria by 1843.
by Rachel Hofer 10/22/2017
1885 — 1895
Doetsch sold the painting through Christie's on June 24, 1895 as a painting by Vermeyen.
by Rachel Hofer 10/22/2017
1897 — 1901
This may be Sir Francis Cook, 1st Baronet and 1st Viscount of Monserrate (1817-1901).
by Rachel Hofer 10/22/2017
1901 — 1920
Inherited on the death of his father, Sir Francis Cook (1901).
by Rachel Hofer 10/22/2017
1920 — 1932
Inherited on the death of his father, Sir Frederick Lucas Cook (1920).
by Rachel Hofer 10/22/2017
1961 — Present Day
Kress Foundation #K-2126 http://artsbma.org/collection/battle-of-pavia/ Painting was started after 1525.
by Rachel Hofer 10/27/2017
Last Judgment, Leandro Bassano, 1596 — 1605, Oil on copper, 48.3cm x 71.1cm
Unknown — Unknown
Previous owner was an M. de Bertillac (no further information provided). He was possibly a seventeenth/eighteenth-century French lieutenant-general mentioned in Philippe de Courcillon's Memoirs of the Court of France from 1684 to 1720, English translation (p.317). He was given the government of Rocroi, France by Louis XIV in 1697. Kress Foundation provenance says that the painting entered the collection of Philippe II as early as 1737, but he died in 1723.
by Rachel Hofer 10/22/2017
1798 — 1798
Purchased the painting as a consortium from Jeremiah Harman's in London.
by Rachel Hofer 10/22/2017
1798 — 1803
The painting was put up for auction in the Orleans Sale at W. Bryan's Gallery in London on December 26, 1798. At this point, it appears to have entered Bridgewater's private collection.
by Rachel Hofer 10/22/2017
1803 — 1833
George Leveson-Gower (Lord Gower) was Francis Egerton's heir. Presumably he inherited the painting on the death of his uncle.
by Rachel Hofer 10/22/2017
1833 — 1857
Inherited the painting on the death of his father, George Leveson-Gower (1833).
by Rachel Hofer 10/22/2017
1857 — 1862
Inherited the painting on the death of his father, Francis Leveson-Gower (1857).
by Rachel Hofer 10/22/2017
1862 — 1914
Inherited the painting on the death of his father, George Granville Francis Egerton (1862).
by Rachel Hofer 10/22/2017
1914 — 1944
Inherited the painting on the death of his father, Francis Charles Granville Egerton (1914).
by Rachel Hofer 10/22/2017
1944 — 1946
Inherited the painting on the death of his father, John Francis Granville Scrope Egerton (1944). He sold the painting through Christie's London on October 18, 1946.
by Rachel Hofer 10/22/2017
1961 — Present Day
Kress Foundation #K-1431 http://artsbma.org/collection/last-judgment/
by Rachel Hofer 10/22/2017
Madonna and Child with Saints, Cimabue, contemporary of, 1275 — 1300, Tempera on panel, 12.5cm x 17.6cm
1770 — Unknown
Gori was an artist; the Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence have some of his works in plaster-of-Paris.
by Rachel Hofer 10/26/2017
Unknown — 1939
The provenance entry before Bonacossi is listed as "Taddei, Florence" (no further information provided).
by Rachel Hofer 10/26/2017
1961 — Present Day
Kress Foundation #K-1189 http://artsbma.org/collection/madonna-and-christ-child-with-two-saints/
by Rachel Hofer 10/26/2017
Allegory of Vigilance, Domenico Tintoretto, 1598, Oil on canvas, 101.6cm x 107.3cm
- Rachel Hofer changed Note #1235 from "Kress Foundation #K-166 http://artsbma.org/collection/allegory-of-vigilance/" to "Kress Foundation #K-166 http://artsbma.org/collection/allegory-of-vigilance/ Previously attributed to the workshop of Pesellino." on 10/27/2017
1961 — Present Day
Kress Foundation #K-166 http://artsbma.org/collection/allegory-of-vigilance/ Previously attributed to the workshop of Pesellino.
by Rachel Hofer 10/27/2017
Seven Liberal Arts, Domenico di Michelino, 1460, Tempera on panel, 147.2cm x 41.5cm
- Rachel Hofer changed Note #1230 from "Kress Foundation #K-540 http://artsbma.org/collection/seven-liberal-arts/" to "Kress Foundation #K-540 http://artsbma.org/collection/seven-liberal-arts/ Previously attributed to the workshop of Pesellino." on 10/27/2017
1961 — Present Day
Kress Foundation #K-540 http://artsbma.org/collection/seven-liberal-arts/ Previously attributed to the workshop of Pesellino.
by Rachel Hofer 10/27/2017
Bishop Saint and St. Francis, Francesco Andrea di Anguilla, attributed to, 1434, Tempera on panel, 49.1cm x 134.0cm
- Rachel Hofer changed Note #1239 from "On loan to the Birmingham Museum of Art 1952-1998. Kress Foundation #K-176 http://artsbma.org/collection/bishop-saint-and-saint-francis-of-assisi/" to "On loan to the Birmingham Museum of Art 1952-1998. Kress Foundation #K-176 http://artsbma.org/collection/bishop-saint-and-saint-francis-of-assisi/ Possibly 1434." on 10/27/2017
1998 — Present Day
On loan to the Birmingham Museum of Art 1952-1998. Kress Foundation #K-176 http://artsbma.org/collection/bishop-saint-and-saint-francis-of-assisi/ Possibly 1434.
by Rachel Hofer 10/27/2017
Saints Lucy and Agnes, Francesco Andrea di Anguilla, attributed to, 1434, Tempera on panel, 49.1cm x 134.0cm
- Rachel Hofer changed Note #1243 from "On loan to the Birmingham Museum of Art 1952-1998. Kress Foundation #K-177 http://artsbma.org/collection/saints-lucy-and-agnes/" to "On loan to the Birmingham Museum of Art 1952-1998. Kress Foundation #K-177 http://artsbma.org/collection/saints-lucy-and-agnes/ Possibly 1434." on 10/27/2017
1998 — Present Day
On loan to the Birmingham Museum of Art 1952-1998. Kress Foundation #K-177 http://artsbma.org/collection/saints-lucy-and-agnes/ Possibly 1434.
by Rachel Hofer 10/27/2017
View of the Grand Canal, Canaletto, 1725, Oil on canvas, 100.3cm x 60.3cm
- Rachel Hofer changed Note #1221 from "Kress Foundation #K-1806 http://artsbma.org/collection/view-of-the-grand-canal/ " to "Kress Foundation #K-1806 http://artsbma.org/collection/view-of-the-grand-canal/ Painted in the late 1720s. " on 10/27/2017
Unknown — Unknown
The painting was previously in a private collection in England. No dates provided.
by Rachel Hofer 10/26/2017
1931 — Unknown
The painting was exhibited in "Venetian Painting" at Böhler and Steinmeyer, Lucerne, in 1931.
by Rachel Hofer 10/26/2017
1961 — Present Day
Kress Foundation #K-1806 http://artsbma.org/collection/view-of-the-grand-canal/ Painted in the late 1720s.
by Rachel Hofer 10/27/2017
Madonna Adoring the Christ Child, Francesco Botticini, 1480, tempera on panel, 46.2cm x 71.0cm
Unknown — Unknown
A 1921 Christie's sale catalogue lists this painting as having belonged the Octavius E. Coope; it was not included, however, in his estate sale held at Christie's on May 6, 1910.
by Rachel Hofer 10/26/2017
1961 — Present Day
On loan to the Birmingham Museum of Art, 1952-1961. Kress Foundation #K-1722 http://artsbma.org/collection/madonna-adoring-the-christ-child/
by Rachel Hofer 10/26/2017