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Ardgowan House
Many of the Grand Masters or close relatives had extensive collections of valuble works of art. Below is a
small example of such a work which passed through the ownership of such persons. In this case the Madonna
and Child “from the workshop of Bellini” [of which there were apparently many – see for example the inset at
right] was in the hands of a Grand Master’s family from 1844 to 1927.
Madonna and Child, ca. 1510
Workshop of Giovanni Bellini (Italian, Venetian, active by 1459, died 1516)
Oil on wood; Overall 13 1/2 x 10 7/8 in.; painted surface 12 3/4 x 10 1/8 in.
The Jules Bache Collection, 1949 (49.7.2)
http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_Of_Art/viewOne.asp?dep=11&viewmode=1&item=49.7.2&section=prov
Provenance/Ownership History
private collection, Venice until about 1770);
John Strange, Venice and London about 1770–99;
his anonymous sale, 125 Pall Mall, London, December 10, 1789;
sale, European Museum, London, May 27, 1799;
William Beckford, Fonthill Abbey, Tisbury, Wilts., and Lansdown Tower, Bath by 1822–d. 1844;
his sale, Christie's, Fonthill Abbey, September 24, 1822;
sale, English and Fasana, Bath, January 4, 1841;
Duchess of Hamilton (Susan Euphemia Beckford), Hamilton Palace, Lanark (1844–d. 1859); wife of Alexander Hamilton, 10th Duke
of Hamilton, GM Scotland 1820-22
William Alexander Anthony Archibald Douglas, 11th Duke of Hamilton, Hamilton Palace (1859–d. 1863); GM Scotland 1833-34
William Alexander Louis Stephen Douglas, 12th Duke of Hamilton, Hamilton Palace 1863–82; son of the above Duke.
his sale, Christie's, London, June 17–July 20, 1882, for £651 to Agnew;
Agnew, London, 1882;
Sir Michael Robert Shaw-Stewart, Ardgowan, Greenock (by 1894–d. 1903); GM Scotland 1873-82
Walter Richard Shaw-Stewart, Fonthill Abbey, Tisbury, Wiltshire. (1903–27); son of above.
sale, Sotheby's, London, December 7, 1927;
Paterson, London, 1927;
Duveen, London and New York, 1927;
sold for $200,000 to Bache;
Jules S. Bache, New York 1927–d. 1944;
his estate, 1944–49 . . .
72. Walter Henry [Erskine?], 11th Earl of Mar and 13th Earl of Kellie 1882-85
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Erskine%2C_11th_Earl_of_Mar
Walter Henry Erskine, 11th Earl of Mar and 13th Earl of Kellie (17 December 1839–16 September
1888) was the son of Walter Erskine, 12th Earl of Kellie and Elise Youngson.
On 14 October 1853, he married Mary Anne Forbes (1838-22 May 1927), daughter of William Forbes.
They had nine children.
Walter Erskine, 12th Earl of Mar (1865–1955)
Elyne Mary Erskine (1866-1891)
Constance Elise Erskine (1869-1959)
Rt. Hon. Sir William Augustus Forbes Erskine (1871–1952)
Mary Erskine (1872-1873)
Louisa Frances Erskine (b. 1875)
Frances Elizabeth Erskine (b. 1877)
Alice Maud Mary Erskine (b. 1878)
Alexander Penrose Forbes Erskine (1881–1925)
http://thepeerage.com/p2594.htm#i25935
Walter Henry Erskine, 13th Earl of Kellie was born on 17 December 1839. He was the son of Walter Coningsby Erskine, 12th Earl
of Kellie and Elise Youngson. He married Mary Anne Forbes, daughter of William Forbes, on 14 October 1853. He died on 16
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