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Adoration of the Christ Child and Annunciation to the Shepherds (c. 1520-25)
Adoration of the Christ Child and Annunciation to the Shepherds (c. 1520-25)
Public Domain
Artist
Bernardino Luini
Artist Dates
c. 1480-1532
Artist Nationality
Italian
Title
Adoration of the Christ Child and Annunciation to the Shepherds
Date
c. 1520-25
Medium
oil on panel, transferred to canvas
Dimensions
177.2 x 119.4 cm (69-3/4 x 47 in)
K Number
K1087
Repository
New Orleans Museum of Art
Accession Number
61.77
Notes

Provenance

Maestri Family, Milan. Count Giovan Battista Lucini Passalacqua, Milan; Villa Montrasio, Como, by 1856; [1] (his sale, Sambon, Milan, 14 April 1885, no. 1). Charles Butler [1822-1910], London, and Warren Wood, Hatfield, Hertford; Robert Henry [1850-1929] and Evelyn Holford [1856-1943] Benson, London and Buckhurst Park, Sussex in 1891; sold to (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York) in 1927; sold to Samuel H. Kress [1863-1955] on 12 April 1937; gift to the National Gallery of Art in 1939; deaccessioned in 1952 and returned to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation; gift to New Orleans Museum of Art, no.61.77 [1] Mentioned in Otto Mündler, "The Travel Diaries of Otto Mündler" ed. Carol Togneri, Walpole Society, 51 (1985), p.38 of original manuscript