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The Adoration of the Magi

The Adoration of the Magi

ca. 1575

Francesco Bassano

Italian, 1549-1592

Oil on canvas
61 5/8 in. x 81 5/8 in.
Gift of the Clarence A. Black Memorial Collection
50.76
Provenance: Sir Harold Sidney Harmsworth P.C., Lord Rothermere (1868-1940), England; to his son Esmond Cecil Harmsworth, Lord Rothermere (1898-1978), England; [sale of Ancient and Modern Pictures, the Property of The Right Hon. The Viscount Rothermere, removed from Mereworth Castle, Kent, etc., Christie's, London, Friday, August 2, 1946, probably lot no. 2]; [David M. Koetser Gallery, London and New York, 1946-1950]; purchased from gallery by Seattle Art Museum (Clarence A. Black Memorial funds, by exchange), March 14, 1950
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Frederick & Nelson, Christmas window exhibition, 1956.

Tacoma, Washington, The Broadway Gallery, Old Master Paintings, 1958.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Emblems of Encounter: Europe and Africa over 500 Years, Jan. 23, 2016 - Jan. 29, 2023.

Published References"Handbook, Seattle Art Museum: Selected Works from the Permanent Collections." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1951, p. 121 (b&w)

"Engagement Calendar." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum Guild, 1953, no. 2

"Washington Education." December 1961, p. 27

SAM Christmas card, 1967

"You are invited to these Christmas services," in Beacon Hill News Journal, Seattle, December 19, 1968, illus.

Ballarin, Alessandro. "Jacopo Bassano." Cittadella (Padova), Italy: Bertoncello, 1996

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