Saint Catherine of Alexandria (Primary Title)
Panel from a polyptych (Object Name)
workshop of, Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Italian, Sienese, 1285 - ca. 1348 (Artist)
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
Collection of the Duveen Brothers, New York. [1] Collection of John R. Van Derlip [1860-1935], Minneapolis. Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis. (Newhouse Galleries, New York) by 1958; Purchased by Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), Richmond, Virginia in July of 1958. [2]
[1] Probably Sir Joseph Duveen [1843-1908] and Henry Duveen [1854-1919], co-founders of the Duveen Brothers firm of art galleries. Joseph Duveen II [1869-1939], Sir Joseph Duveen's don, was also an influential art dealer and carried on the Duveen Brothers firm after Sir Joseph's death. The painting was possibly in the Deveen Bros. collection until 1925. Unconfirmed. See VMFA Curatorial file.
[2] Accessioned July 16, 1958.
[1] Probably Sir Joseph Duveen [1843-1908] and Henry Duveen [1854-1919], co-founders of the Duveen Brothers firm of art galleries. Joseph Duveen II [1869-1939], Sir Joseph Duveen's don, was also an influential art dealer and carried on the Duveen Brothers firm after Sir Joseph's death. The painting was possibly in the Deveen Bros. collection until 1925. Unconfirmed. See VMFA Curatorial file.
[2] Accessioned July 16, 1958.
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