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Panel from a wedding chest: The Battle of Actium
Panel from a wedding chest: The Battle of Actium

Panel from a wedding chest: The Battle of Actium

Artist Neroccio di Bartolomeo de' Landi Italian, 1447–1500
Datecirca 1475–1480
MediumTempera and gold leaf on panel
Dimensions14 3/8 x 44 1/8 in. (36.5 x 112.1 cm)
Frame: 18 5/8 x 52 1/4 in. (47.3 x 132.7 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Object numberGL.60.17.30
On View
On view
ProvenanceThe Earl of Northesk [? David Ludovic George Hopetoun Carnegie, 11th Earl Northesk (1901-63)], Ethie Castle, Arbroath; sold, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, July 13, 1928, lot 21, as by Matteo di Giovanni, The Story of St. Ursula, bought by Hallyn; Edward Hutton, London and Florence (1875-1969); Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi, Florence; Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York, 1936; gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation to the NCMA, 1961.
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