Circle of Giorgione (Giorgio di Castelfranco)
Allegory

Public Domain

Artist Circle of Giorgione (Giorgio di Castelfranco) (Italian (Venetian), probably 1477/78–1510)Italian (Venetian), probably 1477/78–1510

CultureItalian

Titles

Allegory

Datec. 1505

PlaceItaly

MediumOil on panel

DimensionsImage: 17 × 27 7/8 in. (43.2 × 70.8)
Frame: 25 5/8 x 36 5/8 in. (65.1 x 93 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.1982.11

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

217 Blaffer Galleries

On view

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Department

Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceProf. André Giordan; Norman Leaver, Genoa, from whom it was purchased by Sir Frederick Cook, Baronet, 1912; Sir Herbert Frederick Cook, Doughty House, Richmond, Surrey, England, 1932; [Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London, 1951]; Capt. V. Bulkeley-Johnson; The Mount Trust Collection; [Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1982.

Exhibition History"The Pastoral Landscape: The Legacy of Venice," National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., November 6, 1988–January 22, 1989.

"Venetian Painting from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 14–November 25, 2001.

"Tiziano e l'idea del paesaggio nella pittura del Cinquecento," Palazzo Reale, Milan, February 15–May 20, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Marked in ink on verso panel: "Bought / 1912 School of Giorgione / Herbert Cook (?) Foliage Grialano da Santa Croz (?) / ESHER"

Printed labels on verso (see Accession file for photocopies)

"Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd. / No 37696 / BY APPOINTMENT / TO HIS LATE MAJESTY KING GEORGE VI / FINE ART PUBLISHERS THOS. AGNEW / & SONS LTD, LONDON / ...43 OLD BOND STREET, / PICCADILLY, ... "

"National Gallery of Art / Washington, D.C. / Exhibition: THE PASTORAL LANDSCAPE: The Legacy of Venice / ... / Lender: Mr. Terrell Hillebrand"

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