Bernardo Strozzi
The Guardian Angel

ArtistItalian (Genoese), 1581/82–1644
CultureItalian
Titles
  • The Guardian Angel
Datec. 1630
PlaceGenoa, Italy
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 83 7/8 × 50 3/4 in. (213 × 129 cm)
Frame: 96 1/2 × 62 in. (245.1 × 157.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by an anonymous donor in honor of Mrs. William Stamps Farish (née Libbie Randon Rice), Benefactress and Lifetime Trustee of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Object number76.256
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
203 Crane Gallery
On view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Circle of Stieglitz... from Houston Collections," Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, March 6–April 4, 1982.

"Art in the Genoese Republic: 1528–1815," Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, September 4–November 9, 1992.

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