The Tempest

Artist Alessandro Magnasco Italian, 1667–1749

Datecirca 1710–1720

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions45 1/4 x 68 1/8 in. (114.9 x 173 cm)
Frame: 53 3/8 x 76 1/4 in. (135.6 x 193.7 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation

Object numberGL.60.17.57

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ProvenanceMrs. Kittoe Payne; Payne sale, Sotheby's, London, July 7, 1954, lot 59; purchased by Schweizer; with David M. Koetser, New York; Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York, 1957; gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation to the NCMA, 1961.

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