Escutcheon with Coat of Arms of the Usibadri Family of Siena
- Rozzelle
With Orselli, by October 26, 1929 [1];
Purchased from Orselli by French and Company, New York, stock nos. 35054 and 19814, October 26, 1929-August 27, 1940 [2];
Purchased from French and Company by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1940.
NOTES:
[1] This is probably Luigi Orselli, a New York connoisseur and dealer of Italian works of art with whom French and Company often conducted business.
[2] Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, French and Company Stock Sheets, box 39, folder 2 and box 21, folder 1. The stock sheets indicate French and Company sold this object to the American Federation of the Arts on July 26, 1940 and repurchased it from them the same day. The exact nature of this transaction is unclear, but they may have had a joint ownership agreement.
