Francesco Vecellio
The Nativity with Shepherds

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Artist Francesco Vecellio (Italian (Venetian), 1475–1559/60)Italian (Venetian), 1475–1559/60

CultureItalian

Titles

The Nativity with Shepherds

Datec. 1519–1526

PlaceVenice, Italy

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsOverall: 86 7/8 × 68 1/2 × 2 in. (220.7 × 174 × 5.1 cm)
Frame: 104 3/4 × 87 3/4 × 5 1/4 in. (266.1 × 222.9 × 13.3 cm)

Credit LineThe Samuel H. Kress Collection

Object number61.65

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Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceChurch of San Giuseppe, Belluno, Italy, until 1806, painted for the high altar of the church; Stefano Ticozzi, Belluno, 1817; seen at Casa Ponte in Fonzaso, province of Belluno, in 1833 and in 1877; to c. 1880 (Carrer, Venice); unnamed English collection, sold 1882 Christie's London, on May 27, lot no. 58 to William Dyer for Sir William James Farrer; collection of Sir William James Farrer, London, until 1912; Herbert Cook, Richmond , from 1912; Contini Bonacossi Collection, Florence, Italy; Samuel H. Kress collection from 1948; gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation to the museum 1961.

Exhibition HistoryMostra dei Vecellio, Belluno, Italy, 1951.

"Giorgione e i Georgioneschi Exhibition", Venice, 1955.

First Methodist Church, Houston TX, June 2–9, 1967.

"The Holy Family Through the Ages: A 500 Year Survey of the Creche Concept ", Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo,Texas, December 6, 1986–January 11,1987.

"Tiziano e l'idea del paesaggio nella pittura del Cinquecento," Palazzo Reale, Milan, February 15–May 20, 2012.

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