List of paintings in the National Gallery of Art formerly in the Hermitage Museum
This is the list of the Hermitage paintings acquired by Andrew W. Mellon during the Soviet sale of Hermitage paintings in 1930–1931 and donated to the National Gallery of Art.[1]
Year | Artist | Title | Dimensions (cm × cm) | Purchase date | |
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1434 – c. 1436 | c.Jan van Eyck | The Annunciation | 90.2 × 34.1 | Jun 1930 | |
1478 – c. 1482 | c.Sandro Botticelli | The Adoration of the Magi | 70 x 104.2 | Jan 1931 | |
1482 – c. 1485 | c.Pietro Perugino | The Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John, Saint Jerome, and Saint Mary Magdalene | 134 × 165.1 | Apr 1931 | |
1506 | c.Raphael | Saint George and the Dragon | 28.5 × 21.5 | Mar 1931 | |
1510 | c.Raphael | The Alba Madonna | 94.5 (diameter) | Apr 1931 | |
1555 | Titian | Venus with a Mirror | 124.5 × 105.5 | Apr 1931 | |
1570 – c. 1575 | c.Paolo Veronese | The Finding of Moses | 58 × 44.5 | Nov 1930 | |
1605 | c.Circle of Diego Velázquez | Pope Innocent X | 49.2 × 41.3 | Jul 1930 | |
1618 | Anthony van Dyck | Portrait of a Flemish Lady | 123 × 90 | between Jun 1930 and Apr 1931 | |
1621 | Anthony van Dyck | Isabella Brant | 153 × 120 | Aug 1930 | |
1621 | Anthony van Dyck | Susanna Fourment and Her Daughter | 172 × 117 | Mar 1930 | |
1632 | Anthony van Dyck | Philip, Lord Wharton | 133 × 106 | Mar 1930 | |
1636/1638 | Frans Hals | Portrait of a Member of the Haarlem Civic Guard | 86 × 69 | Mar 1931 | |
1637 | Rembrandt | A Polish Nobleman | 96.8 × 66 | Feb 1931 | |
1646/1648 | Frans Hals | Portrait of a Young Man | 68 × 55.4 | Feb 1931 | |
1646/1648, completed 1651 | Workshop of Rembrandt (possibly Carel Fabritius) | A Girl with a Broom | 107.3 × 91.4 | Feb 1931 | |
1653 | c.Adriaen Hanneman | Henry, Duke of Gloucester | 104.8 × 87 | Nov 1930 | |
1655 | Workshop of Rembrandt | Joseph Accused by Potiphar's Wife | 105.7 × 97.8 | Jan 1931 | |
1655 | Rembrandt and Workshop (probably Govert Flinck) | Man in Oriental Costume | 98.5 × 74.5 | between Jun 1930 and Apr 1931 | |
1656 | Rembrandt | A Woman Holding a Pink | 103 × 86 | Mar 1931 | |
1737 | c.Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin | The House of Cards | 82.2 × 66 | Mar 1931 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Masterpieces from the Hermitage Museum Purchased by Andrew Mellon in 1931". NGA. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
Bibliography
[edit]- Selling Russia's Treasures by Nicholas Iljine, Natalia Semenova and Amir G. Kabiri (project directors). MTA Publishing (The M. T. Abraham Foundation), Paris–Moscow, 2013.
- Prodannye Sokrovishcha Rossii (lit. The Sold Treasures of Russia) by Nicholas Iljine and Natalia Semenova (project directors). Russkiy Avantgard publishers, Moscow, 2000.