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The Baptism of Christ
Alessandro Magnascoc. 1740
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States
Details
- Title: The Baptism of Christ
- Creator: Alessandro Magnasco
- Date Created: c. 1740
- Physical Dimensions: overall: 117.5 x 146.7 cm (46 1/4 x 57 3/4 in.)
- Provenance: Private collection, Genoa.[1] Probably (Arthur Sambon, Paris), by 1929. Benno Geiger, Vienna.[2] (Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi, Florence); purchased 1939 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[3] gift 1943 to NGA. [1] According to a note on the back of a photograph, NGA photographic archives. [2] Benno Geiger, _Magnasco_, Bergamo, 1949: 87. [3] See also The Kress Collection Digital Archive, https://kress.nga.gov/Detail/objects/2084.
- Rights: CC0
- Medium: oil on canvas
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