Crucifixion with God the Father
ca. 1375-1380
68 3/16 x 25 7/8 x 4 3/8 in. (173.2 x 65.7 x 11.1 cm)
Giovanni del Biondo
Italy
(active 1356 - 1399)
Object Type:
Painting
Medium and Support:
Tempera on panel
Credit Line:
Marion Stratton Gould Fund
Accession Number:
1951.26
Location: Currently on view
Provenance
Enrico Testa, Florence; purchased by Achillito Chiesa, Milan, about 1927; his sale, part V, American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, New York, April 24, 1930, lot 59, as "school of Giotto"; purchased [at that sale?] by William S. Hawk (1859-1935), Kingston, NY, 1930; his sale, American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, New York, February 4-5, 1931, lot 163, as "attributed to Giotto" ("sold to close an account"); purchased at that sale by Julius Weitzner, New York (dealer); sold by him to Caesar R. Diorio, New York (dealer), in 1949; purchased from him by the Gallery in 1951.
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Bibliography
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Article Author: Bennett, Bonnie Apgar.
Article Scope: Article and reproduction.
Susan Dodge Peters, ed.
Memorial Art Gallery: An Introduction to the Collection.
New York, New York: Memorial Art Gallery in association with Hudson Hills Press, 1988.
Page Number: 46-47
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Article Scope: Article and reproduction.
Memorial Art Gallery.
Gallery Notes.
Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995.
Volume Number: 17,
Issue Number: 3.
Issue Date: January, 1952.
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Article Scope: Reproduction only.
Rochester Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Handbook.
Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 1961.
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Article Scope: Entry and reproduction.
Denys Sutton.
Treasures from Rochester: Exhibited at Wildenstein Galleries, New York, April 14-May 28, 1977: Summary Catalogue.
Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1977.
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Article Scope: Mention.
Elizabeth Brayer.
Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988.
Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
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Article Scope: Entry.
Burton B. Fredericksen
and Federico Zeri.
Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1972.
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Article Scope: Entry.
The Detroit Institute of Arts.
The Sixteenth Loan Exhibition of Old Masters: Italian Paintings of the XIV to XVI Century.
Detroit, MI: Detroit Institute of Arts, 1933.
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Article Scope: Entry and reproduction.
XVI-XIX Century Oil Painting and a Small Group of Primitives from the Collection of William S. Hawk, Kingston, NY.
New York, NY: American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, Inc., 1931.
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Article Scope: Entry and reproduction.
Julius H. Weitzner.
A Selection of Paintings.
New York, NY: Julius H. Weitzner, Inc.
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Article Author: Offner, Richard.
Article Title: A Ray of Light on Giovanni del Biondo and Niccolo di Tommaso.
Article Scope: Mention.
Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institut in Florenz.
Florence
Volume Number: 7
Issue Date: 1956.
Page Number: 189
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Article Scope: Entry and reproduction.
Richard Offner
and Klara Steinweg.
A Critical and Historical Corpus of Florentine Painting.
New York, NY: College of Fine Arts, New York University
Volume Number: 5
Issue Date: 1969.
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Article Scope: Entry.
Miklós Boskovits.
Pittura fiorentina alla vigilia del Rinascimento 1370-1400.
Florence: Edam, 1975.
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