Doge Alvise Mocenigo and Family before the Madonna and Child
Doge Alvise Mocenigo and Family before the Madonna and Child
- Artist
- Jacopo Tintoretto
- Artist Dates
- 1518/1519-1594
- Artist Nationality
- Italian
- Title
- Doge Alvise Mocenigo and Family before the Madonna and Child
- Date
- c. 1575
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 216 × 416 cm (85 1/16 × 163 3/4 in)
- K Number
- K1964
- Repository
- National Gallery of Art
- Accession Number
- 1961.9.44
- Notes
Provenance
Probably originally at the Palazzo Mocenigo at San Samuele, Venice. Alvise I Mocenigo, called "Toma" [b. 1608], Palazzo Mocenigo at San Samuele, Venice, by 1648. [1] Possibly acquired in Italy in the early 19th century by a member of the Gouvello family, France; by inheritance to Pierre-Armand-Jean-Vincent-Hippolyte, marquis de Gouvello de Keriaval [1782-1870], Château de Kerlévénan, Sarzeau (department Morbihan in Britanny), France; by inheritance in his family; sold 1952 through (Landry and de Somylo) to (M. Knoedler and Co., London, New York and Paris) on joint account with (Pinakos, Inc., New York); sold 1953 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; [2] gift 1961 to NGA. [1] ] Carlo Ridolfi, _Le maraviglie dell’arte, overo Le vite de gl'illustri pittori veneti, e dello stato_, 2 vols., Venice, 1648: 2:44; Carlo Ridolfi, _Le maraviglie dell’arte, overo Le vite de gl'illustri pittori veneti, e dello stato_, edited by Detlev von Hadeln, 2 vols., Berlin, 1914-1924: 2:53. Tracy Cooper's identification of the owner Ridolfi cites as "Toma Mocenigo" is explained in her article "The Trials of David: Triumph and Crisis in the Imagery of Doge Alvise I Mocenigo," _Records of Activities and Research Reports_ 18 (June 1997-1998), Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington: 66-67. [2] For the provenance from the marquis to the sale to the Kress Foundation, see the invoice from M. Knoedler & Co. dated 2 June 1953, and M. Knoedler & Co. Records, accession number 2012.M.54, Research Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles: Stock Book no. 10, p. 83, no. A4949, and Sales Book, p. 17. The invoice and copies from the Knoedler Records are in NGA curatorial files.