A Bird Perched on a Branch with Fruit

Provenance

Jonathan Richardson, Senior [1665-1745], London (Lugt 2183); Thomas Philipe [d. c. 1817], London; sold 1808 to William Roscoe [1753-1831], Liverpool; Winstanley, Liverpool, 25 September 1816, 298; William Dyce [1806-1864], Edinburgh and London; John Charles Robinson [1824-1913], London (Lugt 1433); sold c. 1860 to John Malcolm [1805-1893], Poltalloch; given before 1876 to A.E. Gathrone-Hardy [1845-1918], Newbury; by descent; Sotheby's London, 28 April 1976, 7; purchased (via Colnaghi's) by NGA.

A Bird Perched on a Branch with Fruit

Mantegna, Andrea

1460s (?)

Accession Number

1976.33.1

Medium

pen and brown ink on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 10.5 × 11.5 cm (4 1/8 × 4 1/2 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Andrew W. Mellon Fund

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