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The Nativity
(Renaissance Europe )
For more information on this painting, please see Federico Zeri's 1976 catalogue no. 327, pp. 453-454.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [1897 catalogue: no. 670, as Honthorst]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| Examination | examined for condition | |
| 5/6/1974 | Treatment | coated; varnish removed or reduced |
Geographies
Italy, Rome (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Painted surface H: 13 3/8 x W: 9 3/16 in. (34 x 23.3 cm); Stretcher H: 14 3/16 x W: 9 5/8 in. (36.1 x 24.4 cm); Framed, H: 19 1/8 × W: 14 3/4 × D: 1 3/4 in. (48.5 × 37.5 × 4.5 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.
37.276