National Gallery of Art · Sculpture
Angel with Tambourine
Possibly Pisan 14th Century
- Date
- c. 1360
- Medium
- marble
- Dimensions
- overall: 54.2 x 21.8 x 22.6 cm (21 5/16 x 8 9/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
- Classification
- Sculpture · Statue
- Accession number
- 1960.5.15
- Credit line
- Samuel H. Kress Collection
- Time span
- 1300 to 1400
- Department
- CSD
Subjects and terms
- Gothic
- European Sculpture 1300-1800
- angels
- religious
- Music
- Pisan
Provenance
Probably from the Campo Santo.[1] Stefano Bardini [1836-1922], Florence.[2] Prince Johan II of Liechtenstein [1840-1929], Vienna, by 1896;[2] Prince Franz I of Liechtenstein [1853-1938]; Prince Franz Josef II of Liechtenstein [1906-1989]; acquired 2 April 1953 by (J. Seligmann & Co., New York);[3] acquired 2 April 1953 by (Jacques Seligmann et Cie, Paris and New York);[4] sold 1954 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1960 to NGA. [1] From letter written by W.R. Valentiner, Los Angeles, April 1953. [2] See letter from Alison Luchs dated 26 June 1991, in NGA curatorial files. [3] Bode, Wilhelm von, _Die Fürstlich Leichtensteinsche Gemäldegalerie_, Vienna, 1896: 130. [4] See letters addressed to Jacques Seligmann & Company from the Director of the Liechtenstein Collection, dated 2 April 1953, in the Jacques Seligmann & Co. Records, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington: Box 244; copies in NGA curatorial files.
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