Portrait of a cardinal

Portrait of a cardinal
(c. 1600-1605)

Artist/s name
EL GRECO


Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
57.0 x 46.0 cm
Accession Number
2253-4
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1950
Gallery Location
Not on display
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Provenance

According to Cossio, this painting had been in the estate of M. d'Alborgo, 1st Baron del Asilo, Danish ambassador to Spain; sold to Pedro Jose Pidal y Corniado (1799–1865), 1st Marquis de Pidal (created 1847) in 1858; exhibited Museo Nacional de Pintura y Escultura, Madrid, Exposición de las obras de Domenico Thetocopuli, llamado El Greco, 1902, no. 2, owner Luis Pidal y Mon (1842–1913), 2nd Marquis de Pidal; collection of the Pidal family in 1908; with Tomas Harris (dealer), London by 1950; from whom acquired, on the advice of A.J.L. McDonnell and Sir Kenneth Clark, for the Felton Bequest, 1950.