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A Gentleman of the Emo Family (c. after 1564-70)
A Gentleman of the Emo Family (c. after 1564-70)
Public Domain
Artist
Jacopo Tintoretto
Artist Dates
1518/1519-1594
Artist Nationality
Italian
Title
A Gentleman of the Emo Family
Date
c. after 1564-70
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
125.7 x 100.3 cm (49-1/2 x 39-1/2 in)
K Number
K1802
Repository
Columbia Museum of Art
Accession Number
CMA 1962.15
Notes

Provenance

Rt. Hon. George Augustus Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck [1821-1891], London, by 1876; [1] (his sale, Christie's, London,8-13 July 1891, day four, 11 July 1891, no. 617); bought by "A.J." [2] Arthur James, London; his wife; (sold, Christie's, London, 15 October 1948, no. 112); (Leger). (Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi [1878-1955] Rome Florence); sold to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation on 1 July 1950; gift to the Columbia Museum of Art in 1961, no. CMA 1962.15. [1] Lent to the Winter Exhibition, Royal Academy, London, 1876, no. 133. [2] Buyer initials per annotated auctioneer catalogue, Christie's Archive, London. This may refer to Arthur James, whose wife sold the picture at Christie's in 1948.