Tintoretto

The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes



Tintoretto - The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes



Tintoretto
The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes
c. 1545-50
154.9 x 407.7 cm
Oil on canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Francis L. Leland Fund, 1913


Provenance

?Carlo and Domenico Ruzini, Venice, in 1642
?Giovanni Antonio Ruzini, Palazzo Sant'Apollinare, Venice, in 1787; inv., 1787
?Sir Joshua Reynolds, London, until d. 1792
his estate sale, Christie's, London, 14 March 1795, nr. 49, as "Christ feeding the multitude," by Tintoretto, for 55 gns., bought in by Offley
his estate sale, Phillips, London, 9 May 1798, nr. 33, for 2-1/2 gns. to Tresham
with Nairne, Dublin, until 1839; sold to Farnham
Henry Maxwell, 7th Baron Farnham, Farnham, Cavan, Ireland, 1839–d. 1868
Barons Farnham, Farnham, 1868–1900
Arthur Kenlis Maxwell, 11th Baron Farnham, Farnham, 1900–1913; sold to Douglas
with R. Langton Douglas, London, 1913; sold to MMA
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External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 13.75

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