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The Adoration of the Magi (c. 1480-90)
The Adoration of the Magi (c. 1480-90)
Public Domain
Artist
Jacopo del Sellaio
Artist Dates
1441/1442-1493
Artist Nationality
Italian
Title
The Adoration of the Magi
Date
c. 1480-90
Medium
tempera on panel
Dimensions
89.2 x 170.8 cm (35-1/8 x 67-1/4 in)
K Number
K316
Repository
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Accession Number
61.193
Notes

Provenance

Eduard Aynard [1873-1913], Lyon; (his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1 December 1913, no. 64); Marczell von Nemes [1866-1930], Munich; (his sale, Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, 13 November 1928, no. 14) probably bought in; (Nemes sale, Cassirer and Helbing, Munich, 16-19 June 1931, no. 20, as Sellaio); (Kleinberger Galleries, New York); (Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi [1878-1955], Rome-Florence); sold to Samuel H. Kress [1863-1955] on 12 June 1935; gift to the National Gallery of Art in 1939, deaccessioned in 1952 and returned to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation; gift 1961 to Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, no. MBMA 61.193.

Catalogue Entry

Jacopo del Sellaio
The Adoration of the Magi
K316

Memphis, Tenn., Brooks Memorial Art Gallery (61.193), since 1958.(1) Wood. 35 1/8 X 67 1/4 in. (89.2 X 170.8 cm.). Indecipherable inscription on the sleeves of the seated page at lower left. Abraded throughout, especially in flesh tones; cleaned 1957. Among the cassone panels attributed to Sellaio and his studio, K316 has been cited for its rich detail of genre and architectural elements.(2) It was painted under the strong influence of Botticelli, probably about 1480/90. Provenance: Édouard Aynard, Lyons (sold, Georges Petit, Paris, Dec. 1, 1913, no. 64, as Sellaio. Marczell von Nemes, Munich (sold, Frederik Muller's, Amsterdam, Nov. 13, 1928, no. 14 of catalogue by L. Venturi, as attributed to Sellaio; probably bought in, for it appears again in the Nemes sale at Cassirer & Helbing's, Munich, June 16-19, 1931, no. 20, as Sellaio). Contini Bonacossi, Florence. Kress acquisition, 1935 – exhibited: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (278), 1941-51;(3) after entering the Brooks Memorial Art Gallery: 'Art Treasures for America,' National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., no. 85, as Sellaio.

References

(1) Catalogue by W. E. Suida, 1958, p. 22, as Sellaio. (2) K316 has been attributed to Sellaio by B. Berenson (Florentine Painters of the Renaissance, 1912, p. 183; Italian Pictures ... Florentine School, vol. I, 1963, p. 198), A. L. Mayer (in Pantheon, vol. II, 1928, pp. 450 f), R. van Marle (Italian Schools of Painting, vol. XII, 193 I, p. 412), G. Fiacco, R. Longhi, F. M. Perkins, and A. Venturi (in ms. opinions). (3) Preliminary Catalogue, 1941, p. 183, as Sellaio.

Catalogue Volume

Italian Paintings XIII – XV Century