THE NATIONAL GALLERY IMMUNITY FROM SEIZURE

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1 THE NATIONAL GALLERY IMMUNITY FROM SEIZURE LEONARDO DA VINCI:PAINTER AT THE COURT OF MILAN 9 November February 2012 The National Gallery, London. Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN

2 IMMUNITY FROM SEIZURE Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan 09 Nov Feb 2012 The National Gallery, London, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DN The National Gallery is able to provide immunity from seizure under part 6 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act This Act provides protection from seizure for cultural objects from abroad on loan to temporary exhibitions in approved museums and galleries in the UK. The conditions are: The object is usually kept outside the UK It is not owned by a person resident in the UK Its import does not contravene any import regulations It is brought to the UK for public display in a temporary exhibition at a museum or gallery The borrowing museum or gallery is approved under the Act The borrowing museum has published information about the object For further enquiries, please contact [email protected] Protection under the Act is sought for the objects listed in this document, which are intended to form part of the forthcoming exhibition, Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan. Copyright Notice: no images from these pages should be reproduced without permission

3 Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan 09 Nov Feb 2012 Protection under the Act is sought for the objects listed below: Immunity from Seizure Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan/De Agostini Picture Library X6811 Portrait of a Young Man ('The Musician') about Painting: Oil on walnut Object dimensions: 44.7 x 32 cm Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Pinacoteca, Milan Biblioteca Ambrosiana Piazza Pio XI, Milan Italy 99 Documented in the Ambrosiana, Milan, since 1671 M. Rossi and A. Rovetta, La Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan 1997, p. 71 Note that this painting has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year

4 Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis (about after 1508) Comune di Milano. All rights reserved X6810 Portrait of Ludovico Maria Sforza about Manuscript: Tempera on vellum Object dimensions: 27.3 x 17.9 cm Archivio Storico Civico and Biblioteca Trivulziana, Milan Archivio Storico e Biblioteca Trivulziana Piazza Castello, Milan Italy cod. Triv. 2167, fol. 54r Trivulzio Collection, from 18th century until 1935 then bequeathed to the Comune di Milano I codici mediaevali della Biblioteca Trivulziana, ed. C. Santoro, Milan 1965, pp Note that this manuscript has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year

5 Francesco Napoletano (died 1501) Comune di Milano. All Rights Reserved. Photo Giancarlo Costa, Milan X6835 Virgin and Child ('The Madonna Lia') about 1495 Painting: Oil on wood, transferred to canvas Object dimensions: 42.5 x 31.5 cm Castello Sforzesco, Pinacoteca, Milan Castello Sforzesco Piazza Castello, Milan Italy 1510 Royal Collection, France, documented in 1758 Lia collection, La Spezia, Musei del Castello Sforzesco, Milan D.A. Brown, Leonardo da Vinci: Art and Devotion in the Madonnas of his Pupils, Milan 2003 Note that this painting has incomplete provenance information for the years It was searched on the Art Loss Register on 5 July 2011 and is not registered as being stolen or missing

6 Soprintendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Fiorentino, Gabinetto Fotografico, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali X6797 Virgin and Child with a cat about 1480 Place of manufacture: Florence, Italy Drawing: Pen and wash on grey prepared paper Object dimensions: 12.8 x 10.9 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence Galleria degli Uffizi Piazzale degli Uffizi Florence Italy 421Er Collection of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, before 1687 Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi: Disegni esposti, ed. A. Petrioli Tofani, Florence 1986, pp

7 Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (about ) Soprintendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Fiorentino, Gabinetto Fotografico, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali X6952 Head of youth with an ivy wreath about Drawing: Metalpoint on greyish prepared paper Object dimensions: 16.2 x 13.8 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe, Florence Galleria degli Uffizi Piazzale degli Uffizi Florence Italy 425E Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, since 1849 Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi: Disegni esposti, ed. A. Petrioli Tofani, Florence 1986, p

8 Soprindendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Venezia X6966 A church viewed in perspective about Drawing: Pen and ink on paper Object dimensions: 21.3 x 15.2 cm Gallerie dell'accademia, Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe, Venice Gallerie dell'accademia Campo della Carità Dorsoduro n Venice Italy 238v Giuseppe Bossi, Milan, until 1815 Luigi Celotti, Venice, Gallerie dell Accademia, Venice Disegni di Leonardo e della sua cerchia alle Gallerie dell Accademia, Venice 1966, pp

9 Soprindendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Venezia X6968 Sketches for an Adoration of the Shepherds with angels about 1478 Place of manufacture: Florence, Italy Drawing: Pen and ink over metalpoint on prepared paper Object dimensions: 12.1 x 13.6 cm (irregularly cut) Gallerie dell'accademia, Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe, Venice Gallerie dell'accademia Campo della Carità Dorsoduro n Venice Italy 256r Giuseppe Bossi, Milan, until 1815 Luigi Celotti, Venice, Gallerie dell Accademia, Venice Disegni di Leonardo e della sua cerchia alle Gallerie dell Accademia, Venice 1966, p

10 Soprindendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Venezia X6970 The hand of Judas about Drawing: Red chalk heightened with white on red-ochre prepared paper Object dimensions: 20.8 x 16.1 cm Gallerie dell'accademia, Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe, Venice Gallerie dell'accademia Campo della Carità Dorsoduro n Venice Italy 140 Giuseppe Bossi, Milan, until 1815 Luigi Celotti, Venice, Gallerie dell Accademia, Venice Disegni di Leonardo e della sua cerchia alle Gallerie dell Accademia, Venice 1966, p

11 Soprindendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Venezia X7349 Study after a Last Supper about 1492 Drawing: Red chalk and traces of pen and ink on paper Object dimensions: 25.9 x 39.4 cm Gallerie dell'accademia, Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe, Venice Gallerie dell'accademia Campo della Carità Dorsoduro n Venice Italy 254 Monti Collection, Milan, until 1770 Pagave Collection, until 1808 Giuseppe Bossi, Milan, until 1815 Luigi Celotti, Venice, Gallerie dell Accademia, Venice Disegni di Leonardo e della sua cerchia alle Gallerie dell Accademia, Venice

12 Soprindendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Venezia X7350 Sketches for an Adoration of the Shepherds with angels about 1478 Place of manufacture: Florence, Italy Drawing: Pen and ink and wash over metalpoint on prepared paper Object dimensions: 10.5 x 12.2 cm (irregularly cut) Gallerie dell'accademia, Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe, Venice Gallerie dell'accademia Campo della Carità Dorsoduro n Venice Italy 259r Monti Collection, Milan, until 1770 Pagave Collection, until 1808 Giuseppe Bossi, Milan, until 1815 Luigi Celotti, Venice, Gallerie dell Accademia, Venice Leonardo da Vinci: Master Draftsman, ed. C.C. Bambach, exh. cat., Metropolitan Museum, New York, New haven and London 2003, pp

13 Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (about ) Photo Vittorio Calore, Milan X7021 Portrait of a Young Woman as Artemisia about 1494 Painting: Oil on wood Object dimensions: 49 x 37 cm Mattioli Collection, Milan Laura Mattioli, Milan Lorenzelli Collection, Bergamo, until 1947 Mattioli Collection, Milan M.T. Fiorio, Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio: Un pittore milanese nel lume di Leonardo, Milan 2000, pp Note that this painting has incomplete provenance information for the years It was searched on the Art Loss Register on 9 December 2010 and is not registered as being stolen or missing

14 The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Art Resource/Scala X6802 Designs for an Adoration of the Christ Child about Place of manufacture: Florence, Italy Drawing: Pen and ink over metalpoint on pale pink prepared paper Object dimensions: 19.4 x 16.3 cm Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1917 ( ) The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue New York USA r Legrand Collection, Paris, Smith Collection, London and South Carolina Nash Collection, New York, until 1917 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Leonardo da Vinci: Master Draftsman, ed. C.C. Bambach, exh. cat., Metropolitan Museum, New York, New haven and London 2003, pp

15 RMN / Franck Raux X6805 Portrait of a Woman ('The Belle Ferronnière') about Painting: Oil on walnut Object dimensions: 63 x 45 cm Musée du Louvre, Département des Peintures, Paris Musée du Louvre Quai du Louvre Paris France 778 Louis XII(?), France, early 16th century Francois I, France, early 16th century Louis XIV, France, early 18th century Musée du Louvre, Paris R. Temperini, Léonard de Vinci au Louvre, Paris 2003, p. 42 Note that this painting has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year

16 RMN / Michèle Bellot X6815 Studies of male figures; a hygrometer; a mother and child about Place of manufacture: Florence, Italy Drawing: Pen and ink over metalpoint on prepared paper Object dimensions: 27.7 x 20.9 cm Musée du Louvre, Département des Arts Graphiques, Paris Musée du Louvre Quai du Louvre Paris France 2258 Sir Thomas Lawrence, London, early 19th century William II (King of Holland), The Hague, until 1850 Musée du Louvre, Paris, since 1850 Léonard de Vinci: Dessins et manuscrits, exh. cat., Musée du Louvre, Paris 2003, pp

17 RMN / Michèle Bellot X6826 Cartoon for the head of the infant Saint John the Baptist about Drawing: Metalpoint with traces of pen and ink and wash heightened with white on prepared paper, pricked for transfer Object dimensions: 13.4 x 11.9 (irregularly cut), mounted on paper, 16.9 x 14 cm Musée du Louvre, Département des Arts Graphiques, Paris Musée du Louvre Quai du Louvre Paris France 2347 Peter Lely, London, 17th century J. Richardson, early 18th century G. Vallardi, Paris, until 1856 Musée du Louvre, Paris, since 1856 Léonard de Vinci: Dessins et manuscrits, exh. cat., Musée du Louvre, Paris 2003, p

18 RMN / Thierry Le Mage X6830 Head of a woman about Drawing: Metalpoint heightened with white on greyish prepared paper Object dimensions: 17.9 x 16.8 cm Musée du Louvre, Département des Arts Graphiques, Paris Musée du Louvre Quai du Louvre Paris France 2376 G. Vallardi, Paris, early 19th century, until 1856 Musée du Louvre, Paris, since 1856 Léonard de Vinci: Dessins et manuscrits, exh. cat., Musée du Louvre, Paris 2003, pp

19 Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (about ) RMN / Jean Gilles Berizzi X6957 Head of a child in profile about 1490 Drawing: Metalpoint with traces of pen and ink heightened with white on prepared paper Object dimensions: 11.8 x 10 cm Musée du Louvre, Département des Arts Graphiques, Paris Musée du Louvre Quai du Louvre Paris France 2250 Louis XIV, early 18th century Musée du Louvre, Paris, since 18th century Léonard de Vinci: Dessins et manuscrits, exh. cat., Musée du Louvre, Paris 2003, pp

20 Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (about ) RMN / Michèle Bellot X6958 Head of a child in profile about Drawing: Metalpoint heightened with white (partially discoloured) on blue prepared paper Object dimensions: 13.6 x 8.8 cm Musée du Louvre, Département des Arts Graphiques, Paris Musée du Louvre Quai du Louvre Paris France 2350 G. Vallardi, Paris, early 19th century, until 1856 Musée du Louvre, Paris, since 1856 Léonard de Vinci: Dessins et manuscrits, exh. cat., Musée du Louvre, Paris 2003, pp

21 Francesco Napoletano (died 1501) RMN / Michèle Bellot X6962 Portrait of a youth in profile about Drawing: Pen and ink and wash on paper Object dimensions: 14.4 x 11.3 cm Musée du Louvre, Département des Arts Graphiques, Paris Musée du Louvre Quai du Louvre Paris France 2558 E. Jabach, Paris, until 1671 Louis XIV, since 1671 Musée du Louvre, Paris, since 18th century Léonard de Vinci: Dessins et manuscrits, exh. cat., Musée du Louvre, Paris 2003, pp

22 Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (about ) RMN / Jean Gilles Berizzi X7305 Head of a child in lost profile about Drawing: Metalpoint heightened with white (partially discoloured) on blue prepared paper Object dimensions: 13.5 x 9.3 cm Musée du Louvre, Département des Arts Graphiques, Paris Musée du Louvre Quai du Louvre Paris France 2351 G. Vallardi, Paris, until 1856 Musée du Louvre, Paris, since 1856 Léonard de Vinci: Dessins et manuscrits, exh. cat., Musée du Louvre, Paris 2003, pp

23 Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (about ) RMN / Thierry Le Mage X7306 Body of a child, turning right about Drawing: Metalpoint with traces of pen and ink and wash heightened with white on blue prepared paper, pricked for transfer Object dimensions: 42.6 x 25.5 cm (irregularly cut) Musée du Louvre, Département des Arts Graphiques, Paris Musée du Louvre Quai du Louvre Paris France RF 5635 Peter Lely, 17th century J. Richardson, London, 18th century L. Bonnat, from c until c Musée du Louvre, Paris, since c Léonard de Vinci: Dessins et manuscrits, exh. cat., Musée du Louvre, Paris 2003, pp

24 RMN / Franck Raux X7447 The Virgin of the Rocks about 1485 Painting: Oil on wood, transferred to canvas Object dimensions: 199 x 122 cm Musée du Louvre, Département des Peintures, Paris Musée du Louvre Quai du Louvre Paris France 777 possibly acquired by Louis XII between 1499 and 1508 Royal Collection, Fontainbleau and Paris Musée du Louvre, Paris Musée du Louvre: Catalogue sommaire des peintres italiens, Paris 2007, p. 8 Note that this painting has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year

25 Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (about ) Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan (1609) X6840 Virgin and Child ('The Madonna of the Rose') about Painting: Oil on walnut Object dimensions: 45.5 x 35.6 cm Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan Museo Poldi Pezzoli Via Manzoni Milan Italy 1609 Litta Collection, Milan, Poldi Pezzoli collection M.T. Fiorio, Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio: Un pittore milanese nel lume di Leonardo, Milan 2000, pp Note that this painting has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year

26 Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis (about after 1508) Image courtesy of the Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. X6841 Portrait of Bianca Maria Sforza about 1493 Painting: Oil on poplar Object dimensions: 51 x 32.5 cm The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Widener Collection, The National Gallery of Art 6 Constitution Avenue at Fourth St NW Washington, DC USA Private Collection, United Kingdom, until 1888 Lippmann Collection, Berlin, Colnaghi, New York, 1904 Widener Collection, USA, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC National Gallery of Art: European Paintings, Washington 1975, pp Note that this painting has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year

27 Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (about ) Authorised by Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali X6842 Portrait of a Young Man about Painting: Oil on wood Object dimensions: 48.9 x 37.4 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan Pinacoteca di Brera Via Brera Milan Italy Reg. Cron Maggi Collection, Milan, until 1914 Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan Pinacoteca di Brera: Scuole lombarda e piemontese , Milan 1988, pp Note that this painting has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year

28 Photo Vatican Museums X6798 Saint Jerome about Painting: Oil on walnut Object dimensions: 103 x 75 cm Vatican Museums Pinacoteca Vaticana Viale Vaticano Rome Italy Angelica Kauffmann, Rome, in 1802 Joseph Fesch, Rome, until 1845 Aducci Collection, Rome Monte di Pieta, Rome, until 1856 Pinacoteca Vaticana La Pinacoteca Vaticana, ed. C. Pietrangeli, A.M. De Strobel, F. Mancinelli, Vatican City, 1993 Note that this painting has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year

29 Princes Czartoryski Foundation X6803 Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani ('The Lady with an Ermine') about Painting: Oil on walnut Object dimensions: 54.8 x 40.3 cm Property of the Princes Czartoryski Foundation On deposit at the National Museum, Cracow Princes Czartoryski Museum 19, Sw. Jana Str. and 8 Pijarska Str. Cracow Poland 134 Czartoryski Collection since the end of the 18th century Confiscated by the German Reich, Czartoryski Collection and then Foundation Botticelli to Titian: Two Centuries of Italian Masterpieces, exh. cat., Szépmvészeti Múzeum, Budapest, p. 140 L.H. Nicholas, The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe:s Treasures in the Third Reich and in the Second World War, New York 1994, pp Note that this painting has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year

30 The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg (GE 249) Photo by Vladimir Terebenin, Leonard Kheifets, Yuri Molodkovets X6953 Virgin and Child ('The Madonna Litta') about Painting: Tempera on wood, transferred to canvas Object dimensions: 42 x 33 cm The State Hermitage, St. Petersburg The State Hermitage Museum Dvortsovaya Naberezhnaya, St Petersburg Russia GE 249 Litta Collection, Milan, until 1865 The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg The Hermitage Catalogue of Western Painting: Italian Painting Thirteenth to Sixteenth Century, ed. T.K. Kustodieva, Florence 2004, pp Note that this painting has a complete history of ownership from the beginning of the year

31 Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (about ) Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown ( ) Photo by Michael Agee X6839 Head of a young woman about Drawing: Metalpoint heightened with white on greyish prepared paper Object dimensions: 15 x 12.4 cm Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute 225 South Street Williamstown, MA USA Peter Lely, London, 17th century Ram Collection, London, late 19th century Colnaghi, London, 1917 Clark Collection Drawings from the Clark Art Institute,l New Haven and London 1964, pp M.T. Fiorio, Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio: Un pittore milanese nel lume di Leonardo, Milan 2000, pp