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The Adoration of the Shepherds, probably after 1520
Catena (Vincenzo di Biagio) (Italian, Venetian, active by 1506, died 1531)
Oil on canvas; 49 1/2 x 81 3/4 in. (125.7 x 207.6 cm)
Purchase, Mrs. Charles S. Payson Gift, Gwynne Andrews Fund, special funds, and other gifts and bequests, 1969 (69.123)
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Provenance/Ownership History
Giustiniani de' Vescovi, Venice (until about 1790; as by Giovanni Bellini; sold for 50 zecchini to Sasso); [Giovanni Maria Sasso, Venice, about 1790–91; as by Giovanni Bellini; sold to Hume]; Sir Abraham Hume, Bt., London (1791–d. 1838; cat., 1824, no. 1, as by Giovanni Bellini); his grandson, John Hume Cust, later Home-Cust, still later Egerton, Viscount Alford (1838–d. 1851); his son, John William Spencer Brownlow Egerton, later Egerton-Cust, 3rd Baron Brownlow and 2nd Earl Brownlow, Ashridge, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire (1851–d. 1867); his brother, Adelbert Wellington Brownlow Cust, 4th Baron Brownlow and 3rd Earl Brownlow, Ashridge (1867–d. 1921; his estate, 1921–23; his estate sale, Christie's, London, May 4, 1923, no. 11, as by Giovanni Bellini, for £4,410 to Mason, bought in); his cousin, Adelbert Salusbury Cockayne Cust, 5th Baron Brownlow, London (from 1923); [conte Alessandro Contini Bonacossi, Florence, by 1941–d. 1955]; conte Alessandro Augusto Contini Bonacossi, Florence (1955–69; sold to Marchig); [Jean Marchig, Geneva, 1969; as attributed to Vincenzo Catena; sold to MMA]
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