The Gathering of Manna

Francesco Bacchiacca1540/1555

Details

Title: The Gathering of Manna
Creator: Bacchiacca
Date Created: 1540/1555
Physical Dimensions: overall: 111.8 x 95.3 cm (44 x 37 1/2 in.) framed: 141 x 123.2 x 8.3 cm (55 1/2 x 48 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.)
Provenance: Stefano Bardini [1836-1922], Florence, by 1899; (Bardini sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 5 June 1899, no. 494, bought in); (Bardini sale, American Art Association, New York, 25 April 1918, no. 468);[1] purchased by H.L. Kaufman; (Pinakos, Inc. [Rudolf Heinemann], New York); on joint account 1942 with (Frederick Mont), (Victor D. Spark, New York) and (M. Knoedler & Co, London, New York and Paris, France);[2] sold 6 August 1943 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[3] gift 1952 to NGA. [1] This information comes from the M. Knoedler & Co. précis in NGA curatorial files. [2] Victor D. Spark papers, Archives of American Art, Box 3 (copy in NGA curatorial files). See also M. Knoedler & Co. Records, accession number 2012.M.54, Research Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles: Stockbook no. 8, p. 218 (copy in NGA curatorial files). [3] See The Kress Collection Digital Archive, https://kress.nga.gov/Detail/objects/2183.
Rights: CC0
Medium: oil on panel

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