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

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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)

Artist Giotto di Bondone 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

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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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