the high altar of the church of San Domenico, Modena (until about 1708–10); John Edward Taylor, London (until d. 1905); his widow, Mrs. John E. Taylor, London (1905–12; her sale, Christie’s, London, July 5 and 8, 1912, no
; attributes the Preaching of Saint Thomas (now in the National Gallery of Art, Washington
Exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
discusses it with two other still lifes from the same period (National Gallery of Art, Washington
Inscription: (as in order on object): Exaseru[n]t . senes . / . los suos ut . no[n] . vide / susAnna . et . / . in co[n]cupiscentia[m] / declinaveru[n]t ocu / re[n]t c[a]elu[m] . dAniel 13 [should be Exaserunt senes in concupiscentiam Susanna et declinaverunt oculos suos ut non viderent caelum, Daniel 13] (the old men were inflamed in desire by Susanna and turned away their eyes so that they might not see heaven [Daniel 13:8-9])
Washington, D.C.: National Art Gallery, 1991. pp. 156–57.
Utica, N.Y., 1862–Florence, 1928
acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Phillips Collection in Washington
from the artist; Galerie Robert Schmit, Paris (founded 1964); private collection, Washington
Eltville am Rhein, Germany, 1873–Bad Honnef, Germany, 1955
He purchased Pablo Picasso’s The Tragedy (1903; National Gallery of Art, Washington
Milan, 1885–Milan 1969
Museum of Modern Art, New York, and Nude Woman (1910; National Gallery of Art, Washington
Kraków, Poland, 1872−New York, 1965
she acquired Constantin Brancusi’s Bird in Space (1927; National Gallery of Art, Washington
Signature: Signed and dated (lower right): D.C.F./1930Inscription: Inscribed: (on shield) LOYALTY / WISDOM / FRIENDSHIP / DILIGENCE; (on field, lower half) BASHFORD DEAN / 1867–1928 / HONORARY CURATOR OF ARMS AND ARMOR 1906 / CURATOR OF ARMS AND ARMOR 1912 / TRUSTEE 1927 / THE REAL FOUNDER OF / THE MUSEUM’S COLLECTION / WHICH BY HIS KNOWLEDGE AND DEVOTION / HE MADE / ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT / OF THE WORLDMarking: Foundry mark (lower right, under signature): KUNST F’DRY N
leading sculptors and the creator of such famous monuments as the Lincoln Memorial in Washington
