Object Record
Images
Metadata
Artist |
Master of the Retablo of the Reyes Catolicos (Master of the Catholic Kings) |
Title |
The Visitation |
Date |
1496-1497 |
Year Range from |
1496 |
Year Range to |
1497 |
Medium |
Oil on wood panel |
Dimensions |
H-60.96 W-37.48 inches |
Credit line |
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation |
ID# |
1961.013.022 |
Object Name |
Painting |
Provenance |
Monastery, Valladolid, Spain. John North Willys [1873-1935], Palm Beach. French & Co., New York; sold to Samuel H. Kress [1862-1955] on 23 October 1951; gift to the University of Arizona Museum of Art in 1961.Not included on sale of Willy's collection by the estate of his former wife, Isabel van Wie Willys, held a Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, on 25 October 1945. PSPC 1983: From a monastery in Vallodolid, Spain?; John North Willys, Palm Beach, FL; French & Co., NY; Kress acquisition, 1951; UAMA since 1957. |
Bibliography |
K-1860 Post, C.R. "A History of Spanish Painting," IV, 2, pages 400, 424, 552. "The Samuel H. Kress Collection at the University of Arizona," Tucson, 1957, no. 9, illus. Guidol, José. "El Pintor, Diego de la Cruz," Goya, no. 70, 1966, page 214. Eisler, Colin T. "Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Schools excluding Italian," Oxford, 1977, K1860, pages 179-80, fig. 179. Bermingham, Peter. "UA Museum of Art curator-director finds top choice where he works," Arizona Daily Star, section D, page 18, Sept 20, 1987. Brown, Jonathan, and Richard Mann. "Spanish Painting of the 15th-19th Centuries," National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1990, page 96, Fig. 3. Adams, Howard. "History of Gardens: Nature Perfected," New York, Abbeville Press, 1991, color, page 50 (detail). Hobhouse, Penelope. "Plants in Garden History," Pavilion, Simon & Schuster, Autumn 1992. Stokstad, Marilyn, et al. "Art History," Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1995(?). Wheeler, Marion. "Her Face: Images of the Virgin Mary in Art," First Glance Books, Cobb, CA, 1998, color illus, plate 32, b/w page 145. Cardini, Franco, and Massimo Miglio. "Nostalgia del paradise Il giardi no medievale," Editori Laterza, Gius, 2002, b/w illus, fig. 77, page 160. Roglan, M. et al, "Spanish Masters in U.S. Collections," 2017, Ediciones el Viso. Bermingham, Peter. "UA Museum of Art curator-director finds top choice where he works," Arizona Daily Star, section D, page 18, Sept 20, 1987. Brown, Jonathan, and Richard Mann. "Spanish Painting of the 15th-19th Centuries," National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1990, page 96, Fig. 3. Adams, Howard. "History of Gardens: Nature Perfected," New York, Abbeville Press, 1991, color, page 50 (detail). Hobhouse, Penelope. "Plants in Garden History," Pavilion, Simon & Schuster, Autumn 1992. Stokstad, Marilyn, et al. "Art History," Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1995(?). Wheeler, Marion. "Her Face: Images of the Virgin Mary in Art," First Glance Books, Cobb, CA, 1998, color illus, plate 32, b/w page 145. Cardini, Franco, and Massimo Miglio. "Nostalgia del paradise Il giardi no medievale," Editori Laterza, Gius, 2002, b/w illus, fig. 77, page 160. |
Exhibitions History |
"Art Treasures for America," National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Dec 10, 1961-Feb 4, 1962, cat. no. 63, p. 73, ill. (color); "The Medieval Garden," H.F. Spencer Museum, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Mar 20-May 1, 1983. |
Subjects |
Religion Madonnas Saints Architectural elements Biblical events Pregnant women Representational Oil painting Figures Women Christianity Arches Cityscape paintings Cityscapes Architecture Buildings distinguished by form Buildings Castles & palaces Renaissance Perspective |