The bill of sale from Frederick Mont to the Kress Foundation for five paintings, including the "Benson Pieta," is dated 30 January 1952 (copy in NGA curatorial files). The painting was either acquired from or co-owned by Newhouse Galleries, per a letter dated 14 February 1952 from Bert Newhouse to Mr. and Mrs. G.H.A. Clowes of Indianapolis (Indianapolis Museum of Art, Clowes Collection Archives, Folder: Newhouse Galleries 1952, copy NGA curatorial files) For complete NGA provenance see: https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.41701.html#provenance |
Acquired from "Sarasota" 19 November 1928 by (Galerie Julius Böhler, Munich).[2] (Tomas Harris Gallery, London, by 1935).[3] Private Collection, Switzerland, by 1945.[4] (Frederick Mont, New York); sold 18 October 1951 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1961 to NGA. For complete NGA provenance see: https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46126.html#provenance |
Summer c. 1546/1548 Jacopo Tintoretto |
Possibly private collection, southern France.[1] (Frederick Mont, Inc., New York), by 1956; sold 14 February 1957 the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[2] gift 1961 to NGA.
For complete NGA provenance see:
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.46189.html#provenance
To view all the artworks with Frederick Mont (or Mont Inc or Fritz Mondschein) in the provenance published by the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. see:
https://www.nga.gov/collection/provenance-info.8577.html?artobj_ownerId=8577&sortOrder=DEFAULT&pageNumber=1&lastFacet=sortOrder
The NGA ownerID for Frederick Mont is 8577.
Frederick Mont, Inc ID VIAF: 139936107 (Collectivité)
permalien: http://viaf.org/viaf/139936107
LCCN no2007138555
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Curatorial Office Records of Charles Cunningham, 1973-1977 ‡b (Frederick Mont, Inc.; art dealer located at 465 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y.)
For more information on Frederick Mont (Mondschein), Mont Inc or Galerie Sanct Lucas
Frederick Mont, Inc ID VIAF: 139936107 (Collectivité)
permalien: http://viaf.org/viaf/139936107
LCCN no2007138555
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Curatorial Office Records of Charles Cunningham, 1973-1977 ‡b (Frederick Mont, Inc.; art dealer located at 465 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y.)
For more information on Frederick Mont (Mondschein), Mont Inc or Galerie Sanct Lucas
