Bernardino Luini
The Misfortunes of Cephalus
c. 1522/23176.2 x 107.3 cm
Fresco transferred to canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Literature
Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 230
Provenance
Commissioned c. 1522 by Gerolamo Rabia for either the Casa Rabia, Milan, or his country house, La Pelucca, near Monza
Michele Cavaleri, Milan
sold 1873 to Enrico (Henri) Cernuschi (1821-1896), Paris and Menton, until at least 1895
with Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris, by 1897
Rodolphe Kann (died 1905), Paris, by 1900
his estate
sold 1907 to Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris
sold 1942 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York
gift 1943 to NGA
Other works by Bernardino Luini
Procris' Prayer to Diana
c. 1522/23
c. 1522/23
The Virgin and Child in a Landscape
Cephalus at the Hunt
c. 1522/23
c. 1522/23
Putto picking Grapes
The Despair of Cephalus
c. 1522/23
c. 1522/23