Don Antonio Noriega
Don Antonio Noriega
- Artist
- Francisco de Goya
- Artist Dates
- 1746-1828
- Artist Nationality
- Spanish
- Title
- Don Antonio Noriega
- Date
- 1801
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 102.6 x 80.9 cm (40 3/8 x 31 7/8 in)
- K Number
- K2087
- Repository
- National Gallery of Art
- Accession Number
- 1961.9.74
- Notes
Provenance
Purchased from a private collector in Madrid by Freiherr Ferdinand Eduard von Stumm [1843-1925], while he was ambassador of the German Empire to the court of Madrid, 1887-1892; [1] (his estate sale, Günther Deneke Auktionhaus, Berlin, 4 October 1932, 19, no. 87); (Wildenstein & Co., Paris and New York); [2] sold 1955 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; [3] gift 1961 to NGA. [1] August L. Mayer, "The Portrait of Don Antonio Noriega by Goya," _Apollo_ 22 (1935): 49. The dates of Stumm's appointment as ambassador to Madrid are established by _Almanach de Gotha_ (1890)127: 680 and _Almanach de Gotha_ (1892)129: 786. [2] Mrs. Ay-Whang Hsia, Vice President of Wildenstein & Co., New York, letter of 14 September 1988 in NGA curatorial files. [3] A letter dated 8 February 1955 from Wildenstein & Co. to the Kress Foundation outlines the agreement for the sale of two paintings and a bronze figure (copy in NGA curatorial files). One of the paintings was _Portrait of Don Antonio Nortega[sic]_ by Goya.