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The Adoration of the Shepherds
(Renaissance Europe )
For more information on this painting, please see Federico Zeri's 1976 catalogue no. 299, p. 429.
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Provenance
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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. 20, as Carletto Caliari]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1992 | Kunst in der Republik Genua, 1528-1815. Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main. |
| 1950 | The Christmas Story in the Language of Art. The Washington County Museum, Hagerstown. |
Geographies
Italy, Genoa (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Painted surface H: 38 7/16 x W: 28 1/4 in. (97.7 x 71.7 cm); Stretcher H: 39 x W: 28 3/4 in. (99.1 x 73 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.1929