Giovanni Battista Bertucci
Saint Thomas Aquinas

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Artist Giovanni Battista Bertucci (Italian (Umbrian), c. 1465–1516)Italian (Umbrian), c. 1465–1516

CultureItalian

Titles

Saint Thomas Aquinas

Date1512–1516

PlaceFaenza, Umbria, Italy

MediumTempera on wood

DimensionsOverall: 54 1/2 × 21 3/8in. (138.4 × 54.3cm)
Frame (outer) (Frame): 62 × 31 1/4in. (157.5 × 79.4cm)

Credit LineThe Robert Lee Blaffer Memorial Collection, gift of Sarah Campbell Blaffer

Object number64.34

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Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceSan Andrea in Vineis, Faenza, Chapel of Saint Thomas of Aquinas 1512/16 - through 1759 (?); Hercolani Collection, Bologna, by 1770 - after 1828; Earle Collection, Leamington, in 1856; [Christie's 1948]; [Spencer A. Samuels and Co. Ltd., New York, sold to Sarah Campbell Blaffer, Houston, Texas, 1964]; donated MFAH on December 15, 1964.

Exhibition HistoryExhibited: “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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