YOUNG WOMAN WITH A VIOLIN (SAINT CECILIA)
- Date
- c. 1612
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
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83.5 x 97.8 cm
Framed: 41 x 47 x 4 in .( 104.1 x 119.4 x 10.2 cm)
- Department
- European Painting
- Classification
- Paintings
- Credit
- Gift of Mrs. Edsel B. Ford
- Accession No.
- 68.47
- Provenance
- Genoa, Palazzo Brignole Sale (Bianco), Coll. Carlo Cambiaso, by 1780;
GB, Andrew Wilson (dealer-1807). Acquired by Wilson on 16 Jan. 1805 for L1200 from Carlo Cambiaso;
London, auction, Andrew Wilson (at Squibb's; auctioneer was Peter Coxe), 6 May 1807, lot 7 (as a "St. Cecilia" by Gentileschi);
GB, Thomas Trevor Hampden, 2nd Viscount Hampden, from 1807 (acquired at above sale);
GB, Skelmorlie Castle, Dalkairth (Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland), Coll. William Alan Coats, Esq.;
GB, Levernholme, Nitshill and Renfrewshire, by descent, Major J. A. Coats, Esq.;
GB, Levernholme, Nitshill and Renfrewshire, by descent, Thomas H. Coats, Esq.;
London, auction, T. H. Coats, Esq., [Christie's] 12 April 1935, lot 83 (as by Vermeer; bought by Bennett);
GB, Coll. Anthony Rau, (n.d.);
London, Arthur Appleby (dealer-acquired from A. Rau)
New York, Wildenstein and Co.(acquired from A. Appleby) from whom purchased by Mrs. Edsel B. Ford as a gift to the DIA.
- Keywords
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canvas, oil, paint, religion, music
Published References
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Exh. cat. London, ¦The Catalogue of that Most Valuable and Important Selection of Original Paintings the Property of Mr. Andrew Wilson, Purchased by Him and Brought to England from Palaces of the First Consequence at Genoa¦, Squibb's, 6 May 1807, London, p. 6, no. 7
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