KRESS COLLECTION DIGITAL ARCHIVE

Contini Bonacossi, Alessandro, June 16, 1937

IDENTIFIER ACQ147

SELLER DATE Contini Bonacossi, Alessandro 06/16/1937

NUMBER OF OBJECTS GROUP PURCHASE PRICE 44 $322,000.00

FINAL PAYMENT DATE SELLER LOCATION 06/16/1937 New York, NY

CITATION Series 1.7b Dealer Correspondence and Bills of Sale. Samuel H. Kress Foundation Archive.

44 RELATED ART OBJECTS

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K1091 Guariento Madonna and Child with Saints North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as Madonna, Child and 4 Saints by Guariento d'Arpo Purchase Amount: USD 3,500.00

K1092 Vincenzo Foppa Madonna and Child North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as Madonna and Child by Vincenzo Foppa Purchase Amount: USD 7,500.00

K1093 Attributed to Mariotto di Nardo The Crucifixion with Saint John the Baptist, the Virgin, Saint John the Evangelist, and a Carthusian Saint North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as Crucifixion with Four Saints by Lorenzo di Niccolo Purchase Amount: USD 4,000.00

K1095 Pietro di Francesco degli Orioli Madonna and Child Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as Madonna and Child by Giacomo Pacchiarotto Purchase Amount: USD 5,000.00

K1096 Piero di Cosimo The Nativity with the Infant Saint John of Art, Washington, District of Columbia

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as The Nativity with St. John, Angels by Piero di Cosimo Purchase Amount: USD 22,000.00

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K1097 Altobello Melone Madonna and Child Enthroned Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as Madonna and Child by Girolamo Purchase Amount: USD 7,000.00

K1098 Attributed to Ridolfo Ghirlandaio Portrait of a Young Lady Haggin Museum, Stockton, California

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as Portrait of a Young Lady by Ridolfo Ghirlandaio Purchase Amount: USD 8,000.00

K1099 Pietro degli Ingannati Portrait of a Lady as a Virgin Martyr Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as A Female Saint by Pietro degli Ingannati Purchase Amount: USD 2,000.00

K1100 Fra Bartolommeo The Creation of Eve Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as The Creation of Eve by Fra Bartolommeo (Bartolommeo di Paolo) Purchase Amount: USD 5,000.00

K1101 Donato de' Bardi Madonna and Child with Saints Philip and Agnes Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as Triptych by Donato Bragadin Purchase Amount: USD 32,000.00

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K1102 Attributed to Ugolino da Siena Saint Margaret Holding the Cross Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as St. Margaret by Ugolino da Siena Purchase Amount: USD 8,000.00

K1103 Girolamo da Santa Croce The Annunciation Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as The Annunciation by Girolamo da Santa Croce Purchase Amount: USD 5,000.00

K1104 Vincenzo Catena Virgin and Child with Saints John the Baptist and Joseph Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Texas

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as Madonna between Saints Jerome and John the Baptist by Vincenzo Catena Purchase Amount: USD 10,000.00

K1105 Fra Paolino The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the Infant Baptist Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as Madonna and Child with Saints John and James by Bartolommeo della Porta Purchase Amount: USD 16,000.00

K1106 Giovanni Antonio Saint Christopher Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as St. Christopher by (Giovanni Antonio de' Sachis) Purchase Amount: USD 8,000.00

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K1107A Workshop of Ambrogio Bergognone Beheading of Saint Catherine Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as Martyrdom of St. Catherine by Borgognone Note: K1107A - D bought together for $6,000.

K1107B Workshop of Ambrogio Bergognone Burial of Saint Catherine Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as Angel Deposing Her Body) by Borgognone Note: K1107A - D bought together for $6,000.

K1107C Workshop of Ambrogio Bergognone Last Communion of Saint Jerome Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as Last Communion of St. Jerome by Borgognone Note: K1107A - D bought together for $6,000.

K1107D Workshop of Ambrogio Bergognone Miracle of Saint Jerome Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as Death of St. Jerome by Borgognone Note: K1107A - D bought together for $6,000.

K1108A Giovanni di Ser Giovanni Guidi Saint Anthony Abbot Tempted by Gold Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as Temptation of St. Anthony by Maestro di Fucecchio Note: K1108A-B were bought together for $9,000.00

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K1108B Giovanni di Ser Giovanni Guidi San Bernardino of Siena Preaching Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as St. Bernardino da Siena Preaching by Maestro di Fucecchio Note: K1108A-B were bought together for $9,000.00

K1109 Anonymous Artist Saint Jerome David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as St. Jerome with Lion by Cretese Venetian master Purchase Amount: USD 4,000.00

K1110 Franciabigio Madonna and Christ Child Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as Madonna and Child by Franciabigio or Bugiardini Purchase Amount: USD 8,000.00

K1111 Benvenuto Tisi da Garofalo Meditation of Saint Jerome New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as St. Jerome in the Desert by Benvenuto Garofalo (Benvenuto Tisi) Purchase Amount: USD 5,000.00

K1112 Paris Bordone Athena Scorning the Advances of Hephaestus Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as Venus at the Forge of Vulcan by Paris Bordone Purchase Amount: USD 11,000.00

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K1113 Girolamo da Carpi The Apparition of the Virgin National Gallery of Art, Washington, District of Columbia

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as The Assumption of the Virgin by Girolamo da Carpi Purchase Amount: USD 12,000.00

K1114 Alessandro Magnasco and Antonio Francesco Peruzzini Landscape with Figures Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as Landscape with Figures by Alessandro Magnasco Purchase Amount: USD 3,000.00

K1115 Bernardo Zenale Saint Peter the Apostle Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as St. Peter by Vincenzo Civerchio Purchase Amount: USD 6,000.00

K1116 Antonio Vivarini Saint Peter Martyr Healing the Leg of a Young Man Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as Miracle of St. Dominic by Antonio Vivarini Purchase Amount: USD 18,000.00

K1117 Giovanni Francesco Caroto The Entombment of Christ Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as Deposition of Christ by Giovanni Francesco Caroto Purchase Amount: USD 6,000.00

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K1118 Andrea Previtali The Annunciation Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as The Annunciation by Andrea Previtali Purchase Amount: USD 14,000.00

K1119 Niccolò di Pietro Gerini Madonna and Child Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as Madonna and Child by Master of Triptych of Perticaia Purchase Amount: USD 9,000.00

K1120 Pellegrino di Mariano Madonna and Child with Saints John the Baptist and Bernardino of Siena Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as A Small Alterpiece by Pellegrino di Mariano (Pellegrino di Mariano Rossini) Purchase Amount: USD 4,000.00

K1121 Attributed to Silvestro dei Gherarducci Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints John the Baptist and Paul (?) Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as A Small Altarpiece by Giovanni del Biondo Purchase Amount: USD 11,000.00

K1122A Giusto de' Menabuoi Saint Thomas Aquinas Georgia Museum of Art, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

Type: purchase purchase Attribution History: Acquired as St. John of Aquinas by Giusto de'Menabuoi Acquired as St. Thomas Aquinas by Giusto de'Menabuoi Purchase Amount: USD 1,000.00 Note: 1122A and B purchased together for $1000. Both items listed on bills of sale 6/16/1937 and 6/29/1937. K1122A and K1122B purchased together for $1000. Both items listed on bills of sale 6/16/1937 and 6/29/1937.

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K1123A Dosso Dossi and Assistant Saint Philip St. Philip’s in the Hills, Tucson, Arizona

Type: purchase purchase Attribution History: Acquired as St. Philip by Dosso Dossi Acquired as St. Philip by Dosso Dossi and assistant Note: K1123A-B were bought together for $10,000.00 Both objects listed on bills of sale 6/16/1937 and 6/29/1937. 1123A-B bought together for $3,500 Both objects listed on bills of sale 6/16/1937 and 6/29/1937.

K1122B Giusto de' Menabuoi Saint Anthony Abbot Georgia Museum of Art, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

Type: purchase purchase Attribution History: Acquired as St. John of Aquinas by Giusto de'Menabuoi Acquired as St. Anthony Abbot by Giusto de'Menabuoi Note: Both items listed on bills of sale 6/16/1937 and 6/29/1937. 1122A and B purchased together for $1000. K1122A and K1122B purchased together for $1000. Both items listed on bills of sale 6/16/1937 and 6/29/1937.

K1124 Andrea Previtali Portrait of a Young Man Samek Art Museum Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

Type: purchase purchase Attribution History: Acquired as Portrait of a Young Man by Andrea Previtali Purchase Amount: USD 2,000.00 USD 3,500.00 Note: K1124 listed on bills of sale 6/16/1937 and 6/29/1937. K1124 listed on bills of sale 6/16/1937 and 6/29/1937

K1125 Vittore Carpaccio Christ Blessing New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana

Type: purchase purchase Attribution History: Acquired as The Saviour by Vittore Carpaccio Purchase Amount: USD 18,000.00 USD 8,000.00 Note: K1125 listed on bills of sale 6/16/1937 and 6/29/1937 K1125 listed on bills of sale 6/16/1937 and 6/29/1937

K1126 Bernardino Lanino Madonna and Child Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

Type: purchase purchase Attribution History: Acquired as Madonna and Child by Bernardino Lanino Acquired as Madonna and Child by Bernardino Lanino Purchase Amount:

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USD 4,000.00 USD 2,000.00 Note: K1126 listed on bills of sale 6/16/1937 and 6/29/1937 K1126 listed on bills of sale 6/16/1937 and 6/29/1937

K1123B Dosso Dossi or Battista Dossi Saint James Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts

Type: purchase purchase Attribution History: Acquired as St. James by Dosso Dossi Acquired as St. James Major by Dosso Dossi and Assistant Note: 1123A-B bought together for $3,500 Both objects listed on bills of sale 6/16/1937 and 6/29/1937. K1123A-B were bought together for $10,000.00 Both objects listed on bills of sale 6/16/1937 and 6/29/1937.

K1094 Giovanni di Paolo Saint Luke the Evangelist Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington

Type: purchase Attribution History: Acquired as St. Lucas by Giovanni di Paolo Purchase Amount: USD 8,000.00

K1127 Agnolo Bronzino The Holy Family National Gallery of Art, Washington, District of Columbia

Type: purchase purchase Attribution History: Acquired as The Holy Family by Pontormo Acquired as The Holy Family with St. Joseph, St. Ann and Young St. John by Pontormo Purchase Amount: USD 8,000.00 USD 6,000.00 Note: K1127 is on two purchase receipts dated 6/16/1937 and 6/29/1937. K1127 is on two purchase receipts dated 6/16/1937 and 6/29/1937.

K1128 Giovanni di Francesco Nativity Doris Ulmann Galleries, Berea College, Berea, KY

Type: purchase purchase Attribution History: Acquired as The Nativity by Giovanni di Francesco Acquired as The Nativity by Giovanni di Francesco Purchase Amount: USD 6,000.00 USD 4,000.00 Note: K1128 is on two purchase receipts dated 6/16/1937 and 6/29/1937. K1128 is on two purchase receipts dated 6/16/1937 and 6/29/1937.

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