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Christ Blessing with Saint John the Evangelist, the Virgin Mary, Saint John the Baptist, and Saint Francis (known as The Peruzzi Altarpiece)
Christ Blessing with Saint John the Evangelist, the Virgin Mary, Saint John the Baptist, and Saint Francis (known as The Peruzzi Altarpiece)
Christ Blessing with Saint John the Evangelist, the Virgin Mary, Saint John the Baptist, and Saint Francis (known as The Peruzzi Altarpiece)

Christ Blessing with Saint John the Evangelist, the Virgin Mary, Saint John the Baptist, and Saint Francis (known as The Peruzzi Altarpiece)

Artist (Italian, b. 1267/1275, Vespignano, near Florence; d. 1337, Florence)
Datecirca 1311–1315
MediumTempera and gilded gesso on poplar panel
Dimensions41 5/8 x 98 1/2 x 6 in. (105.7 x 250.2 x 15.2 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Object numberGL.60.17.7
On View
On view
Collections
ProvenanceCenter panel: Florentine patrician family; private collection [Bellini?], Florence, until 1931; Mrs. Frederic Stephens, New York, by 1940–1945; Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York, 1946; gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation to the NCMA, 1961.

Side panels: C. W. Mori, Paris (ca.1920–23+); Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam, by April 1930; Leon Schinasi, New York; sale of collection of Mrs. Leon Schinasi, Parke-Bernet New York, November 4, 1944, lots 312–14; private collection, New York; with Wildenstein & Co., New York by 1947; Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York, 1947; gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation to the NCMA, 1961.

Saint Francis panel: C. W. Mori, Paris (ca. 1920–23+); possibly Ventura, London; Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam, by April 1930 [1]; sent by Goudstikker to London in 1940; sent by his widow to Smith College, Northampton, MA; on consignment with Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York; sold by April 1947, presumably to Wildenstein & Co., New York; sold to Samuel H. Kress (1863–1955) on October 30, 1947, as Maso di Banco; gift to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, in 1952; deaccessioned in 1960 and returned to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation; gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation to the NCMA, 1961.

[1] Published by Goudstikker in April–May 1930 catalogue, no. 18; lent by Goudstikker to Italiaanische Kunst in Nederland Bezit, Amsterdam, 1934, no. 153, illus.

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