The Virgin and Child with Saints Augustine, John the Baptist, Monica, and Nicholas of Tolentino
The Virgin and Child with Saints Augustine, John the Baptist, Monica, and Nicholas of Tolentino
ca. 1480
oil on cradled panel
frame: 38 x 46 x 3 in. (96.52 x 116.84 x 7.62 cm)
Master of the Saint Ursula Legend
(active Bruges, 1470 - 1485)
CULTURE OR GROUP:
Flemish
OBJECT TYPE:
oil paintings (visual works)
MARKS:
on reverse: Art Institute of Chicago label, “A Century of Progress, International Loan exhibition/Master of St. Ursula Legend/Madonna, Child & States/Mrs. Edouard Jones (lender’s name)/998 5th Avenue New York/NY” ; AIC shipping room label 5/2/34 box 96;
IMAGE USE:
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NOT CURRENTLY ON VIEW
CREDIT LINE:
Museum purchase through Mrs. Katherine Trees Livezey, Mr. George S. Trees, and the Mrs. Ellnora D. Krannert Fund
OBJECT NUMBER:
1976-20-1
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WWII Provenance Project
Provenance:
Until 1881, Étienne-Edmond Martin, Baron de Beurnonville (Paris 1825–1906); 9–16 May 1881, Charles Mège, by purchase from Beurnonville sale, Pillet (Paris), lot 281 [1]. By 1929, Mrs. Harriet H. Jonas (New York 1885–1974) [2]; by 1976, Newhouse Galleries (New York); 1976, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, by purchase from Newhouse Galleries.
Notes:
[1] The Beurnonville sale lists the painting as by Van Eyck. Mège owned it until at least 1909, when his collection was featured in Les Arts no. 86 (February 1909), p. 2-19, where the painting was illustrated and listed as by Memling.
[2] Mrs. Harriet H. Jonas, née Hattie Harris, married David H. Schulte in 1905 and took the name Hattie Schulte. She divorced Schulte in 1929. In 1930, she married French art dealer Edouard Jonas and took the name Mrs. L. Edouard Jonas. They divorced in 1941, and subsequently she used the names Mrs. H. Harris Jonas and Mrs. Harriet H. Jonas.
Last Updated: 12/11/2018
SELECTED EXHIBITION HISTORY
DIMENSIONS
- framed, frame: 38 x 46 x 3 in. (96.52 x 116.84 x 7.62 cm)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Selected bibliographic references:-
Till-Holger Borchert
and Azienda Speciale Palaexpo, Scuderie del Quirinale.
Memling.
Memling
Skira.
Milan, 2014
Page Number: page 84-5, Figure Number: plate 34