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Venus and Adonis, before 1580
Workshop of Paolo di Gabriele di Piero Caliari (known as Veronese) , Italian, 1528-1588
Oil on canvas
88 3/8 x 66 1/4 in. (224.4 x 168.3 cm)
Samuel H. Kress Collection, 61.174
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Provenance |
| before 1648 - ? |
Monseigneur de Housset, French ambassador to Venice |
| before 1648 - ? |
Monseigneur de Houssay |
| to 1777 |
Pierre Louis Paul Randon de Boisset, Paris |
| 1777 |
Chariot |
| 1777 - ? |
Lebrun |
| probably after 1860 |
Sir Francis Cook, England |
| by 1903 - 1920 |
Sir Frederick Lucas Cook, 2nd Bart. 2nd Bart. |
| 1920 - still in 1932 |
Sir Herbert Frederick Cook, 3rd Bart. 3rd Bart. |
| to 1948 |
Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi |
| to 1948 |
Count Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi |
| 1948 - 1961 |
Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York |
| accessioned 12/09/1961 |
Seattle Art Museum |
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Possibly Monseigneur de Housset, French Ambassador in Venice, before 1646 or 1648; Probably M. Randon de Boisset, Receveur General des Finances, Paris (died 1776); [Sold, Remy’s, Paris Feb. 27, 1777 (for 2401 livres), purchased by LeBrun]; Sir Francis Cook collection, Doughty House, Richmond, Surrey, probably acquired after 1860 (published catalogue, 1903, p. 40, as studio of Veronese; T. Borenius ed., vol. 1, 1913, no. 175, as school of Veronese; M.W. Brockwell ed., 1932, p. 82, as school of Veronese, possibly Carlo Caligari); Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi, Florence; Samuel H. Kress collection, New York, acquired 1948; Seattle Art Museum, since 1954, accessioned 1961 (exhibited Art Treasures for America, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., December 10, 1961-February 4, 1962, no. 99, as Veronese)
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