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Bust of a Nobleman in Armor
Pietro Tacca · c. 1610
Provenance
Ownership history
- Mrs. F. Gray Griswold (died 1940), New York, by 1940; sold, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 15 February 1941, no. 16, to Joseph Brummer, New York [Brummer Index Card N6783 in The Cloisters Library and Archives, New York]; sold, Parke-Bernet Galleries, 8 June 1949, Part III of the Art Collection belonging to the Estate of the late Joseph Brummer, no. 410. Collection of Baron Cassel van Doorn (died 1952) and Baronness Cassel van Doorn, by 1952; sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 9 April 1954, no. 86bis. Blumka Gallery, New York, by 1964; sold by Blumka Gallery to the Art Institute, 1964.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, "European Portraits, 1600–1900, in the Art Institute of Chicago," 8 July – 11 September 1978, no. 36.
Literature
Published references
- Art Institute of Chicago, "Acquisitions, July 1, 1964 – June 30, 1965," Art Institute of Chicago Annual Report 1964-65, p. 29.
- Art Institute of Chicago, "Man in Armor," Calendar of the Art Institute of Chicago 60, 3 (May 1966), p. 77 (ill.).
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