European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection Two Cousins c. 1902 Antonio Mancini, Italian, 1852 - 1930 Oil on canvas * Gallery 159, European Art 1850-1900, first floor 2004-108-11 Vance N. Jordan Collection, 2004 |
ProvenanceGalassi collection, Rome [1]. Giuseppe Besozzi, Turin, before 1940; his heirs, by 1940 [2]. Sale, Christie's, Rome, December 6, 1994, no. 342. Galleria d'arte Vittoria Colonna, Naples. Private collection. Sale, Finarte, Milan, November 7, 2000, no. 88; purchased by Erwin Silbernagl, Milan [3]; sold to Vance N. Jordan (1943-2003), New York, 2000. 1. According to the catalogue entry for the 1940 exhibition, Galleria d'Arte della Gazzetta del Popolo, Turin, "105 opere di Antonio Mancini" (no. 16). Possibly Gustavo Galassi? 2. Besozzi's heirs were the lenders to the 1940 exhibition (see above). 3. The preceding provenance information is supplied by the Finarte auction catalogue and a letter from Erwin Silbernagl, dated Sept 5, 2005 (in curatorial file).* Works in the collection are moved off view for many different reasons. Although gallery locations on the website are updated regularly, there is no guarantee that this object will be on display on the day of your visit. |
