Walnut Bench with Balustraded Back

16th century

Sienese 16th Century

Artist, Sienese, 16th century

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    carved, gilded, and polychromed walnut and oak

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 183.5 x 99.8 x 41 cm (72 1/4 x 39 5/16 x 16 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.385

On View

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G19


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Count Brancadori. (Professor Luigi Grassi [1858-1937], Florence); purchased 18 September 1922 by Joseph E. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; Inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, after purchase by funds of the Estate; gift 1942 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 17.

Wikidata ID

Q62266802


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