Page from the Collection of Niccolò Gaddi (So-Called "Vasari Page")

Provenance

Giorgio Vasari [1511-1574]; Niccolò Gaddi [d. 1591]; possibly Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel; probably William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire [1672-1729]; by descent, Chatsworth (inv.no.960) (sale, London, Christie's, 3 July 1984, lot 46); purchased by Ian Woodner, New York; by inheritance to his daughters, Andrea and Dian Woodner, New York, 1990; purchased by NGA, 1991.

Page from the Collection of Niccolò Gaddi (So-Called "Vasari Page")

Botticelli, Sandro

Sheets probably 1480-1504; mounting & framework c. 1575/1590

Accession Number

1991.190.1

Medium

album page with ten drawings on recto and verso in various media with decoration in pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash, on light buff paper

Dimensions

overall: 56.7 x 45.7 cm (22 5/16 x 18 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Woodner Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund