The Adoration of the Shepherds
The Adoration of the Shepherds
- Artist
- Francesco di Simone Ferrucci
- Artist Dates
- 1437-1493
- Artist Nationality
- Italian
- Title
- The Adoration of the Shepherds
- Date
- c. 1475/1485
- Medium
- terracotta
- Dimensions
- 81 × 65 cm (31 7/8 × 25 9/16 in)
- K Number
- K288
- Repository
- National Gallery of Art
- Accession Number
- 1939.1.333
- Notes
Provenance
Count Mastiani, Florence. [1] Charles Fairfax Murray [1849-1919], London and Florence. Andrea di Robilant, Venice; [2] (his sale, Galleria Bellini, Florence, 22-27 May 1933, no. 30, as by Andrea Verrochio); probably purchased by (Count Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi, Florence); purchased July 1934 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1939 to NGA. [1] The invoice from Contini-Bonacossi to the Kress Foundation, dated 13 July 1934, includes five paintings on panel and one terra cotta, which is identified as _Nativity_ by Andrea Verrocchio, formerly in the collection of Count Mastiani, Florence (copy in NGA curatorial files). [2] Provenance according to Ulrich Middeldorf, _Complete Catalogue of the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Sculptures XIV-XIX Century_, London, 1976: 41; Fairfax Murray's ownership is documented by a photograph in the Kunsthistorisches Institut, Florence.