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The Coronation of the Virgin with Six Angels (c. 1390)
The Coronation of the Virgin with Six Angels (c. 1390)
Public Domain
Artist
Agnolo Gaddi
Artist Dates
c. 1350-1396
Artist Nationality
Italian
Title
The Coronation of the Virgin with Six Angels
Date
c. 1390
Medium
tempera on panel
Dimensions
painted surface: 161 × 79 cm (63 3/8 × 31 1/8 in)
K Number
K364
Repository
National Gallery of Art
Accession Number
1939.1.203
Notes

Provenance

The Hon. William Keith Rous [1907-1983], Worstead House, Norfolk; (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 29 June 1934, no. 58, as by Orcagna); purchased by (Giuseppe Bellesi, London)[1] for (Count Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi, Florence); sold October 1935 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; [2] gift 1939 to NGA. [1] Bellesi worked in London as Contini-Bonacossi’s agent in the 1930s. [2] The bill of sale for several paintings, including the Gaddi, is dated 10 October 1935 (copy in NGA curatorial files). The name of the British owner is incorrectly given as the Hon. Keith Bons.