Explore the Provenance of this artwork, Flora (Francesco Melzi).
The known history of the painting's ownership is as follows:
c. 1520, Painted by Francesco Melzi.
1649, listed in the posthumous collection of Maria de’ Medici.
Collection of the Duc d’Orleans, probably collected by Philippe II. Then by inheritance to Louis and then to Louis Philippe II.
1790, Sold to Viscount Edouard de Walckiers in Brussels.
1824(?), sold from the collection of (Daniel?) Danoot in Brussels to King Willem II of the Netherlands.
1850, sold at The Hague to Fëdor Bruni, agent of tsar Nicholas I, for ƒ40,000. Then acquired by the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia (at which point it was re-attributed to Francesco Melzi and renamed Flora).
King Willem II of the Netherlands Louis Edouard de Walckiers Maria de’ Medici Hermitage Museum Fëdor Bruni Saint Petersburg Francesco Melzi Philippe II Flora Duc d’Orleans ƒ Louis Philippe II