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Young Cowherd with Cows (c. 1750)
Young Cowherd with Cows (c. 1750)
Public Domain
Artist
Circle of Giacomo Antonio Melchiorre Ceruti
Artist Dates
1698-1767
Artist Nationality
Italian
Title
Young Cowherd with Cows
Date
c. 1750
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
140 x 101 cm (55-1/8 x 39-3/4 in)
K Number
K1826
Repository
Snite Museum of Art
Accession Number
1961.047.015
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Provenance

Lancelot Edward Lowther [1867-1953], 6th Earl of Lonsdale, Lowther Castle Westmorland, by 1891; [1] (Lowther Castle sale, Maple & Co. and Thomas Wyatt, held on the premises, 29 April - 1 May 1947, day one, no. 1743 as Neapolitan School, A Spanish boy minding cattle and sheep). (Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi [1878-1955] Rome-Florence); sold to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation on 1 July 1950 as Murillo; gift to the Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame in 1961, n. 61.47.15. [1] W. Stirling-Maxwell, Annals of the Artists of Spain, 2nd ed., vol. IV, 1891, p. 1634, as by Murillo, in Lonsdale collection.