New School for Social Research, New York (1931–82; unveiled January 1, 1931; sold in May 1982 to Maurice Segoura Gallery); [Maurice Segoura Gallery, New York, 1982–84; sold on February 1, 1984 to Equitable Life]; The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (now AXA), New York (1984–2012; their gift to MMA)
× 13 ft. 4 in. (233.7 × 406.4 cm) b: 92 in.
Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter, Burghley House, near Stamford, Northamptonshire (by 1847) ; William Alleyne Cecil, 3rd Marquis of Exeter 1825–1895, Burghley House, near Stamford Northamptonshire (until 1888) ; Marquis of Exeter sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London (June 9, 1888, no
P. Jackson Higgs.
Bibliography of The Met’s Scientific Research department
Krekeler, P. Roelofs, I. Verslype, B. van Kooij, and A. van Loon.
L’art et les artistes, n.s., 15 (October 1927), p. 20, ill. p. 3.
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1925. p. 40, fig. 20, ill. p. 41.
James Stuart was a loyal supporter of his cousin Charles I and served in high posts at court, such as Gentleman of the Bedchamber and Lord Steward of the Household. He was installed as Knight of the Garter on November 6, 1633, and in 1641 was created Duke of Richmond
London, 1857, p. 396. Percy Rendell Head. Van Dyck. London, 1879, p. 79.
Signed (lower left): PR; inscribed (verso, lower left) 17/35b.
: 33 1/2 × 72 in. (85.1 × 182.9 cm) a: 32 5/8 × 23 1/2 in. (82.9 × 59.7 cm) b:
The Artist: A successor of Jan van Eyck and Petrus Christus, and a contemporary of Gerard David, Hans Memling was among the most important artists of fifteenth-century Bruges. Although he spent the majority of his career in that thriving city, he was born around 1435–40 in the German town of Klein-Krotzenburg near Seligenstadt, south-east of Frankfurt, Germany
Christ’s resurrection and of the promise of immortality for Christians.� See Hope B.
Said to have come from Kataphygi, Attica Fragmentary shaft (a); base (b); acroterion
