Object Record
Images
Metadata
Artist |
Workshop of Fernando Gallego |
Title |
The Healing of the Blind Bartimaeus |
Date |
1480-88 |
Year Range from |
1480 |
Year Range to |
1488 |
Medium |
Oil on panel |
Dimensions |
H-155 W-110.5 cm |
Credit line |
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation |
ID# |
1961.013.038 |
Object Name |
Painting |
Provenance |
Original commission by Cathedral of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain, from 1488 1879; Jose Fallola, Madrid. [1] Probably sold by (John Charles Robinson [1824 1913]); to Sir Francis Cook, 1st Bart. [1817 1901], Doughty House, Surrey, England, in 1882; by inheritance to Sir Frederick Lucas Cook, 2nd Bart. [1844 1920], Doughty House; by inheritance to Sir Herbert Frederick Cook, 3rd Bart. [1868 1939], Doughty House; by inheritance to Sir Francis Ferdinand Maurice Cook, 4th Bart. [1907 1978], Doughty House. Possibly (Thomas Agnew & Sons, London), in 1952. (M. Knoedler & Co., London); sold to Samuel H. Kress [1863 1955] on 28 January 1954; gift to the University of Arizona Museum of Art in 1961, no. 1961.013.031 [1] See "Fernando Gallego and his workshop. The Altarpiece from Ciudad Rodrigo", Meadows Museum 2008, pp. 21 22. Jose Fallola was the manager of the Hotel de Paris in Madrid, an establishment still operating in Calle de Alcala in Madrid, where John Charles Robinson, a former South Kensington Museum curator turned dealer, stayed while counting items for private English collectors. In 1882, the 26 panels were acquired by Sir Francis Cook, who removed them to Doughty House in Richmond. Although Robinson's records mention only ten panels, it is likely that he bought all 26 surviving panels for Cook, one of Robinson's most important and long standing clients. By 1950 all 26 were with Knoedler's in NY which sold them on Cook's behalf to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation in 1954. |
Bibliography |
K-2013 Velasco, A. Palomino. "El museo pitórico," Madrid, 1715-1724. Bermudez, D. Juan Agustin Ceàn. "Diccionario histórico de los más illustres professores de las bellas artes en España," Madrid, 1800, Vol. II. Robinson, J.C. "The 'Maítre de Flémalle' and the Painters of the School of Salamanca," Burlington Magazine, 1905, VII. Brockwell, Maurice W and Cook, Herbert. "A Catalogue of Paintings at Doughty House, Richmond," London, 1915, Volume III, Plate 486; Catalogued page 123, Number 486 iv. Gomez-Moreno, M., and F.J. Sánchez Cantón. "Sobre Fernando Gallego," Archivo español de arte y arqueología, 1927, III. Cantón, F.J. Sànchez. "Tablas de Fernando Gallego en Zamora y Salamanca," Archivo español de arte y arqueología, 1929, V. Iñíquez, Diego Angulo. "Galego y Schongauer," Archivo español de arte y arqueología, 1930, IV. "Abridged Catalogue of the Pictures at Doughty House, Richmond, Surrey," London, 1932. Post, Chandler Rathfon. "A History of Spanish Painting," Cambridge, 1933, Volume IV, Part 1, Pages 138 and 144. Gudiol, José. "Las pinturas de Fernando Gallego en la bóveda de la biblioteca de la universidad de Salamanca," Goya, 1956, page 8. Nuño, Juan Antonio Gaya. "Fernando Gallego," Madrid, 1958. Nuño, Juan Antonio Gaya. "Sobre el retablo de Ciudad Rodrigo, por Fernando Gallego y sus collaboradores," Archivo español de arte, Oct-Dec 1958. Quinn, R.M. "Fernando Gallego and the Retablo of Ciudad Rodrigo," Tucson, 1961. Eisler, Colin. "Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, European Schools excluding Italian," Oxford, 1977, pages 162-177, figures 152-177. Maroto, Pilar Silva. "Fernando Gallego," Caja Duero, Salamanca (Spain) 2004, page 267. Dotseth, Amanda W., Barbara C. Anderson, and Mark A. Roglan, eds. "Fernando Gallego and His Workshop: The Altarpiece from Ciudad Rodrigo, Paintings from the Collection of the University of Arizona Museum of Art," Meadows Museum, SMU, 2008. cat. 12 |
Exhibitions History |
"Spanish and Dutch Painting from the Cook Collection," The Guildhall Art Gallery, London, May 31-Jun 26, 1948, cat. no. 8. "Bouquets To Art," UAMA, March 30- April 2, 2006. "Fernando Gallego and His Workshop: The Altarpiece from Ciudad Rodrigo, Paintings from the Collection of the University of Arizona Museum of Art," Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, TX, Mar 29 - Jul 27, 2008 |
Subjects |
Representational Oil painting Figures Christianity Altarpieces Religion Arches Jesus Christ Biblical events Saints Miracles Blind persons Healing Men Women Saints |