The Arts: Music
The Arts: Music
- Artist
- Gaspare Traversi
- Artist Dates
- 1722-1770
- Artist Nationality
- Italian
- Title
- The Arts: Music
- Date
- 1755-61
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 151.9 x 204.6 cm (59-7/8 x 80-1/2 in)
- K Number
- K1957
- Repository
- Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
- Accession Number
- F61-70
- Notes
Provenance
(R. Herzka, Vienna), 1927. [1] R. Rosenfeld; (Christie’s, London, 16 May 1952, no 26, incorrectly listed as dated 1752); [2] (David M. Koetser, London); sold to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation on 20 February 1953; on loan to the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama 1959–1960; gift 1961 to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, no. F61-70. [1] Roberto Longhi published the painting in Vita Artistica, 1927, p. 197. See Longhi, Saggi e Ricerche 1925-1928, Florence, 1967, v.1, p. 218-219. [2] Seller according to annotated auctioneer catalogue, Christie's Archive, London.