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Coronation of the Virgin with the Holy Trinity


Medium/Technique Tempera and oil on panel
Dimensions 76.5 x 46.4 cm (30 1/8 x 18 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Painting Department Special Fund and Samuel Putnam Avery Fund
Accession Number44.77
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings

ProvenanceAnonymous collection, Italy. Frank Gair Macomber (b. 1849 - d. 1941), Boston; sold by Macomber to Peck, Brookline, MA; sold by Peck (?) to Eugene Bernat, Milton, MA [see note 1]; February 21, 1944, Bernat sale, Hale's Auction Rooms, Boston, lot 165, as " School of Avignon," and bought by MFA for $181.50. (Accession Date: March 9, 1944)

NOTES:
[1] Eugene Bernat was an expert restorer and consultant in the carte of tapestries and was associated with the MFA from 1905-1940; his three sons, Eugene, Paul, and George A. were frequent donors to the MFA. It is not clear whether Eugene Bernat is father or son.