| MacKay, Clarence H. (Clarence Hungerford), 1874-1938 | |||||||||||||||||||
| type | Collector | ||||||||||||||||||
| dates | 1874-1938 | ||||||||||||||||||
| city | New York City | ||||||||||||||||||
| state | NY | ||||||||||||||||||
| other cities | Roslyn, NY; Gardner's Island, NY; Jamestown, NC; San Francisco, CA; Paris, France; Windsor, United Kingdom; | ||||||||||||||||||
| sex | M | ||||||||||||||||||
| history |
Clarence Hungerford MacKay was an art collector, patron, businessman, philanthropist, chairman of the board of the Postal Telegraph and Cable Corporation, president of Mackay Radio, and son of the silver magnate, John W. Mackay (1831-1902). Mackay collected Italian paintings and sculpture, Flemish Tapestries, armor, firearms, swords, and cassoni. Among other artists, Mackay owned work by Antonello da Messina, Giovanni Bellini, Sandro Botticelli, Duccio di Buoninsegna, Francesco Francia, Pietro Lombardo, Sebastian Mainardi, Alesso Baldovinetti, Pisanello, and Matteo di Giovanni. The bulk of Mackay’s collection was sold in an auction via Jacque Seligman Galleries. Prior to his death, Mackay sold Raphael’s “Agony in the Garden” and Mantegna’s “Adoration of the Shepherds” to the Metropolitan Art Museum in 1933. In 1935, Mackay sold Samuel Kress Duccio’s “The Calling of St. Peter and St. Andrew,” and seven paintings by Sassetta to the National Gallery in London. |
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| decades | 1890-1900 1900-1910 1910-1920 1920-1930 1930-1940 |
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| website | http://www.mackayhistory.com | ||||||||||||||||||
| updated | 03/22/2024 12:09:30 | ||||||||||||||||||
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