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The Nativity
(Renaissance Europe )
For more information on this painting, please see Federico Zeri's 1976 catalogue no. 245, p. 368.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Marquess Filippo Marignoli, Rome and Spoleto, until 1898 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Marquess Francesco Marignoli, 1898 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome, 1899 [mode of acquisition unknown] [1900 catalogue supplement: no. 29, as manner of Garofalo]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1987-1988 | The Nativity in Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| Examination | examined for condition | |
| 6/21/1938 | Treatment | reconstructed |
| 1/1/1950 | Examination | examined for technical study |
| 11/8/1954 | Treatment | coated; filled; inpainted; reconstructed; stabilized; surface cleaned; varnish removed or reduced |
Geographies
Italy, Ferrara (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Painted surface H: 13 9/16 x W: 18 13/16 x D excluding cradle: 3/8 in. (34.5 x 47.8 x 1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.445