The Triumphs of Fame, Time and Divinity

The Triumphs of Fame, Time and Divinity

about 1460s
Artist
Attributed to
Girolamo da Cremona, Italian
Active Years: 1451-1483
Object
painting
Medium
Oil paint on panel
Accession Number
1961.169.2
Credit Line
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation

Attributed to Girolamo da Cremona, The Triumphs of Fame, Time and Divinity, About 1460s. Oil paint on panel; 20 1/4 × 21 1/4 in. (51.4 × 54 cm). Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1961.169.2

Dimensions
frame height: 30 in, 76.2 cm; frame width: 74 3/4 in, 189.865 cm; frame depth: 2 1/2 in, 6.35 cm; image height: 20 1/4 in, 51.4350 cm; image width: 21 1/4 in, 53.9750 cm
Department
European and American Art Before 1900
Collection
European Painting and Sculpture before 1900
This object is currently on view
Known Provenance
Triumph of Fame: Possibly Gonzaga Collection, Mantua; by 1880 with the Colloredo Mels Family, Castello, Colloredo di Monte Albano, Udine. [1] (Professor Luigi Grassi [1858 1937], Rome); acquired 1905 by the Alte Pinakothek, Munich, until c. 1924. [2] (Paul Drey, New York); sold 1928 to Samuel H.Kress [1863 1955]; gift to the National Gallery of Art in 1939; deaccessioned in 1952 and returned to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation in 1954; gift to Denver Art Museum, no. 1961.169.2. [1] Believed to have been acquired when the Mels family bought a Gonzaga palace in Mantua. [2] Acquisition date and source according to Katalog der Kgl. Älteren Pinakothek in München, 1908, pp. 216 217, nos. 1022b g. Triumphs of Time and Divinity: Possibly Gonzaga Collection, Mantua; by 1880 with the Colloredo Mels Family, Castello, Colloredo di Monte Albano, Udine. [1] (Professor Luigi Grassi [1858 1937], Rome); acquired 1905 by the Alte Pinakothek, Munich, until c 1924.[2] (Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi [1878 1955] Rome Florence); sold to Samuel H.Kress [1863 1955] on 1 March 1927; gift to the National Gallery of Art in 1939; deaccessioned in 1952 and returned to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation in 1954; gift to Denver Art Museum in 1961, no. 1961.169.2. [1] Believed to have been acquired when the Mels family bought a Gonzaga palace in Mantua. [2] Acquisition date and source according to Katalog der Kgl. Älteren Pinakothek in München, 1908, pp. 216 217, nos. 1022b g. Provenance research is on-going at the Denver Art Museum and we will post information as it becomes available. Please e-mail provenance@denverartmuseum.org, if you have questions, or if you have additional information to share with us.
Exhibition History
  • “Stampede: Animals in Art” — Denver Art Museum, 9/10/2017