Title: Saint Catherine of Alexandria at Prayer
Date work started: 1567
Date work completed: 1567
Place created: Venice
Patron: Cardinal Alessandrino Farnese
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Sequence: Itinerary 1 of 13
Owner Name: Titian
In possession from: 1567 to 1567
Location: Casa Grande
Notes:
Citations: Wethey, Harold, The Paintings of Titian, v. 1: The Religious Paintings, (London: Phaidon, 1969) pages 129-30.
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Sequence: Itinerary 2 of 13
Owner Name: Cardinal Alessandrino Farnese
In possession from: 1568 to 1598
Location: Palazzo Valentini
Notes:
Citations: Wethey, Harold, The Paintings of Titian, v. 1: The Religious Paintings, (London: Phaidon, 1969) pages 129-30. Gronau, Giorgio , 'Alcuni quadri di Tiziano illustrati da documenti' Bollettino d'arte vol. 30 : (1936-1937), pages 294-296.
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Sequence: Itinerary 3 of 13
Owner Name: Manuel de Acevedo y Zuñiga, 6th Count of Monterrey
In possession from: 1598 to 1653
Location: Madrid
Notes:
Citations: Burke, Marcus B. and Peter Cherry, Collections of Paintings in Madrid, 1601-1755, (London: , 1997) no. 69, pages 502, 505, document 57. Ilchman, Frederick, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice, (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 2009) page 293.
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Sequence: Itinerary 4 of 13
Owner Name: Gaspar de Haro y Guzman, 7th Marques de Carpio
In possession from: 1653 to 1691
Location: Madrid
Notes:
Citations: Burke, Marcus B. and Peter Cherry, Collections of Paintings in Madrid, 1601-1755, (London: , 1997) no. 155, page 472, document 49. Ilchman, Frederick, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice, (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 2009) page 293.
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Sequence: Itinerary 5 of 13
Owner Name: Spanish Royal Family?
In possession from: 1691 to Unknown
Location: El Escorial?
Notes:
The painting passes into the hands of William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, sometime before his death in 1825. The earliest date for it to enter his collection is sometime after his birth in 1753.
Citations: Burke, Marcus B. and Peter Cherry, Collections of Paintings in Madrid, 1601-1755, (London: , 1997) no. 561, pages 831, 859, document 115. Ilchman, Frederick, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice, (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 2009) page 293.
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Sequence: Itinerary 6 of 13
Owner Name: William Waldegrave, 1st Baron of Radstock
In possession from: 1825 to 1826
Location: Longford Castle
Notes:
Wethey only mentions Lord Radstock (sale, Christie's, 12 May, 1826, lot no. 39), and omits the earlier itineraries cited above.
Citations: Wethey, Harold, The Paintings of Titian, v. 1: The Religious Paintings, (London: Phaidon, 1969) pages 129-30. Ilchman, Frederick, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice, (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 2009) page 293.
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Sequence: Itinerary 7 of 13
Owner Name: Charles Dixon
In possession from: 1826 to 1855
Location: Stansted Park
Notes:
Citations: Wethey, Harold, The Paintings of Titian, v. 1: The Religious Paintings, (London: Phaidon, 1969) pages 129-130. Ilchman, Frederick, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice, (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 2009) page 293.
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Sequence: Itinerary 8 of 13
Owner Name: George Wilder
In possession from: 1855 to 1911
Location: Stansted Park
Notes:
Entered the collection of George Wilder, the nephew of Charles Dixon, sometime after 1855. This is the date of Dixon's death and when the painting passed into the hands of his widow.
Citations: Wethey, Harold, The Paintings of Titian, v. 1: The Religious Paintings, (London: Phaidon, 1969) pages 129-130. Ilchman, Frederick, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice, (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 2009) page 293.
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Sequence: Itinerary 9 of 13
Owner Name: A. L. Nicholson
In possession from: 1911 to 1912
Location: Llandaff House, Weybridge
Notes:
Ilchman notes that the owner is F. Nicholson rather than Wethey's identification of A. L. Nicholson.
Citations: Wethey, Harold, The Paintings of Titian, v. 1: The Religious Paintings, (London: Phaidon, 1969) pages 129-130. Ilchman, Frederick, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice, (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 2009) page 293.
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Sequence: Itinerary 10 of 13
Owner Name: Agnew & Sons
In possession from: 1912 to 1913
Location: 43 Old Bond Street
Notes:
Getty Research Institute, Records of Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd., 1852-1938, microfiche no. 33.
Citations: Ilchman, Frederick, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice, (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 2009) pages 293.
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Sequence: Itinerary 11 of 13
Owner Name: Leopold Koppel
In possession from: 1913 to 1927
Location: Berlin
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Sequence: Itinerary 12 of 13
Owner Name: Albert Koppel
In possession from: 1927 to 1948
Location: Toronto
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Sequence: Itinerary 13 of 13
Owner Name: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
In possession from: 1948 to Present
Location: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Notes:
Wethey, v. 1, pp. 129-130
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Useful links:
- http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/saint-catherine-of-alexandria-at-prayer-33241 by Jodi Cranston
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