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The Miracle of the Catafalque (panel B) (c. 1500-06)
The Miracle of the Catafalque (panel B) (c. 1500-06)
Public Domain
Artist
Lorenzo Costa
Artist Dates
1460-1535
Artist Nationality
Italian
Title
The Miracle of the Catafalque (panel B)
Date
c. 1500-06
Medium
tempera on panel
Dimensions
26 x 31.8 cm (10-1/4 x 12-1/2 in)
K Number
K502B
Repository
North Carolina Museum of Art
Accession Number
GL.60.17.37
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Provenance

Commissioned, together with main altarpiece depicting the Assumption of the Virgin, c. 1488-1490 by the Canons Regular of the Lateran of San Giovanni in Monte, Bologna, for the Abbey Church of Santa Maria Assunta, Monteveglio, Bologna. Mrs. B. W. Currier, England, by 1894; [1] (Christie's, London, 14 May 1926, no. 54 as Luigi Vivarini); (Dean); Briganti Collection, Rome; (Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi [1878-1955], Rome-Florence); sold to Samuel H. Kress [1863-1955] on 20 October 1937;gift to to National Gallery of Art in 1939; deaccessioned in 1952 and returned to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation; gift to North Carolina Museum of Art in 1961, no. GL.60.17.37. [1] Lent to The New Gallery, London, 1894-1895, no. 6, as The Death of the Virgin (Three Panels).