Vincenzo Catena

The Adoration of the Shepherds



Vincenzo Catena - The Adoration of the Shepherds



Vincenzo Catena
The Adoration of the Shepherds
probably after 1520
125.7 x 207.6 cm
Oil on canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Purchase, Mrs. Charles S. Payson Gift, Gwynne Andrews Fund, special funds, and other gifts and bequests, 1969


Provenance

Giustiniani de' Vescovi, Venice, until about 1790; as by Giovanni Bellini; sold for 50 zecchini to Sasso
with Giovanni Maria Sasso, Venice, about 1790–91; as by Giovanni Bellini; sold to Hume
Sir Abraham Hume, Baronet, London, 1791–died 1838; cat., 1824, nr. 1, as by Giovanni Bellini
his grandson, John Hume Cust, later Home-Cust, still later Egerton, Viscount Alford, 1838–died 1851
his son, John William Spencer Brownlow Egerton, later Egerton-Cust, 3rd Baron Brownlow and 2nd Earl Brownlow, Ashridge, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, 1851–died 1867
his brother, Adelbert Wellington Brownlow Cust, 4th Baron Brownlow and 3rd Earl Brownlow, Ashridge, 1867–died 1921
his estate, 1921–23
his estate sale, Christie's, London, 4 May 1923, nr. 11, as by Giovanni Bellini, for £4,410 to Mason, bought in
his cousin, Adelbert Salusbury Cockayne Cust, 5th Baron Brownlow, London, from 1923
with conte Alessandro Contini Bonacossi, Florence, by 1941–died 1955
conte Alessandro Augusto Contini Bonacossi, Florence, 1955–69; sold to Marchig
with Jean Marchig, Geneva, 1969; as attributed to Vincenzo Catena; sold to MMA
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External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 69.123

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Vincenzo Catena A Warrior adoring the Infant Christ and the Virgin
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Vincenzo Catena The Madonna and Child with a Female Saint
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Vincenzo Catena The Virgin and Child with St. Mary Magdalene and another Female Saint
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