Contini Bonacossi, Alessandro, Count

Biography

Collector Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi is credited with interesting Samuel H. Kress in art collecting, and acted as a dealer for Kress. Contini-Bonacossi is the source of most of the Italian paintings in the Kress collection, selling Kress his first painting in 1927 and remaining Kress' exclusive source until 1936. Alessandro was married to Countess Victoria Contini-Bonacossi (1872-1949) and remarried after her death. Their home, the Villa Victoria in Florence, was sold after Alessandro's death in 1955.

Bibliography

1961

Walker, John. "A Note on the Samuel H. Kress Collection at the National Gallery of Art," in An Anthology of Paintings and Sculptures in the Samuel H. Kress Collection. London, 1961.

1967

Salmi, Mario. "La Donazione Contini-Bonacossi." Bolletino d'Arte 52 (October-December 1967): 222-232.

1969

Nova Phlips, J. "Un Don aux Offices." Connaissance des Arts 214 (1969): 86-96.

1970

Nova Philips, J. "Chef d'oeuvres pour Florence." Connaissance des Arts 219 (1970):118-124.

1971

"The Contini Gift to Florence." The Burlington Magazine CXII (1971):435.

1974

Berti, L. and L. Bellosi. Inaugurazione della Donazione Contini Bonacossi: Itinerario Palazzina della Meridiana 9 febbraio 1974. Florence , 1974

1988

de'Giorgi, Elsa. L'eredità Contini-Bonacossi. Milan, 1988.

1991

Perry, Marilyn. "Five-and-dime for millions: the Samuel H. Kress Collection." Apollo 133, no. 349 (March 1991): 157-160

1994

A Gift to America: Masterpieces of European Painting from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. Exh. cat. The North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Seattle Art Museum; The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1994: 12-59.

1995

Zeri, Frederico. Confesso che ho sbagliato.Milan, 1995

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