Object Information

Date:
1435–1445
Medium:
tempera on panel
Dimensions:
Credit:
Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection

Provenance

Data published online by the Art Institute of Chicago and formatted at Carnegie Museum of Art:

Apollonio di Giovanni [ca. 1415 or 1417–1465], Florence, Italy, between 1435 and 1445. William Graham [?–1885], Grosvenor Place, London, by 1875; sale, Christie’s, London, April 8, 1886 (no. 172); sold to Martin Colnaghi for Francis George Baring [1850–1929], 2nd Earl of Northbrook, London, England, until at least 1894. Robert Langston Douglas, London, England; sold to Julius Böhler, Munich, Germany, before 1911 [4]; sold to Martin A. Ryerson [?-1932], Chicago, IL, 1911 [5]; on loan to the Art Institute, Chicago, IL, from 1911; bequeathed to the Art Institute, Chicago, 1933.

Notes:
[1]. Lent to London 1875.
[2]. As “The labours of Ulysses: from a Cassone.” sold for 29 gns.
[3]. The date 1894 is provided by two labels on the back of the panel.
[4]. Confirmed by a label on the back of the panel and a letter of April 27, 1987 from Julius Böhler in Margherita Andreotti in curatorial file.
[5]. Bill of sale in Ryerson papers, Art Institute Archives.

Data as published online by the Art Institute of Chicago:

William Graham (d. 1885), Grosvenor Place, London, by 1875 [lent to London 1875]; sold Christie’s, London, April 8, 1886, no. 172, as “The labours of Ulysses: from a Cassone,” to Martin Colnaghi, acting on behalf of Francis George Baring, for 29 gns.; Francis George Baring, second Earl of Northbrook, from 1886 to at least 1894 [The date 1894 is provided by two labels on the back of the panel]. Robert Langston Douglas, London; sold by Langton Douglas to Julius Böhler, Munich [confirmed by a label on the back of the panel and a letter of April 27, 1987 from Julius Böhler in Margherita Andreotti in curatorial file]; sold by Böhler to Martin A. Ryerson (d. 1932), Chicago, 1911 [bill of sale in Ryerson papers, Art Institute Archives]; on loan to the Art Institute from 1911; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1933.


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All collection data is based on research completed before December 2017. For details, read about the research methods of the Northbrook Provenance Project.