Vincenzo Catena
Virgin and Child with Saints John the Baptist and Joseph

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Artist Vincenzo Catena (Italian (Venetian), c. 1480–1531)Italian (Venetian), c. 1480–1531

CultureItalian

Titles

Virgin and Child with Saints John the Baptist and Joseph

Datec. 1525

PlaceVenice, Italy

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions30 5/16 × 41 inches (76.8 × 104 cm.)
frame: 40 1/4 × 50 1/2 inches (102.2 × 128.3 cm)

Credit LineThe Samuel H. Kress Collection

Object number61.61

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

203 Crane Gallery

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Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceCol. Sir Charles Wyndham Murray [1844-1928]; [his sale, Christie's, London, March 15, 1929, no. 96, as by Cima]; Arthur L. Nicholson; George H. Winterbottom, London; [his sale, Christie's, London, 20 December 1935, no. 101] [1]; W.H.G. Turner; [Giuseppe Bellesi, London] in 1936; [David Koetser Gallery, London] [2]; [Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi, (1878-1955), Rome-Florence]; sold to Samuel H. Kress (1863-1955) June 16, 1937; on loan to the Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1938; returned to the Kress Foundation, 1952; given to MFAH, December, 1961.

[1] Fern Rusk Shapley, Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection, Italian Schools XV-XVI Centuries, New York, 1968, p. 155, mistakenly gives as cat. no. 13. It was sold with a certificate from v. Hadeln.

[2] According to the Zeri Photo Archives the painting was in London with Bellesi before Contini. Also per annotated photo mount in the Witt Library, London, which also gives Koetser.

Exhibition HistoryExhibited: Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1938 to 1952

Exhibited: First Methodist Church, Houston, 1967

Exhibited: “Masterpieces of European Painting from the 15th to 20th Centuries from
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Sarah Campbell Baffer Foundation," touring Japan from April 13 thru October 3, 1999. Exhibition venues:The Museum of Art, Ehime, Matsuyama, Japan, 13 April - 30 May 1999; Chiba Prefectural Art Museum, Chiba, Japan, 5 June - 11 July 1999; Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, Japan, 17 July - 22 August 1999; Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan, 27 August - 3 October 1999. Exhibition catalogue (in Japanese only).

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