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The Holy Family in Glory with Saints Francis of Paola and Aloysius Gonzaga
Francesco Cappella (Italian (Venetian), 1714–1784)
early 1760s
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
167.3 x 121.9 cm (65 7/8 x 48 in.)
Credit Line
Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow Fund
Accession Number45.100
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
ProvenanceBy 1922, Baron Bartolomeo Vitali, Milan [see note 1]. By 1940, Jacob M. Heimann, New York [see note 2]; 1945, sold by Heimann to the MFA for $7000. (Accession Date: February 8, 1945)
NOTES:
[1] Lent to the "Mostra della Pittura Italiana del Seicento e del Settecento," Palazzo Pitti, Florence, 1922, cat. no. 747, where it was attributed to Piazzetta. In Ugo Ojetti et al., La pittura italiana del Seicento e del Settecento alla mostra di Palazzo Pitti (Florence, 1924), p. 49, the painting is attributed to Francesco Cappella.
[2] He lent it to the Golden Gate International Exposition (San Francisco, 1940), p. 12, no. 153.
NOTES:
[1] Lent to the "Mostra della Pittura Italiana del Seicento e del Settecento," Palazzo Pitti, Florence, 1922, cat. no. 747, where it was attributed to Piazzetta. In Ugo Ojetti et al., La pittura italiana del Seicento e del Settecento alla mostra di Palazzo Pitti (Florence, 1924), p. 49, the painting is attributed to Francesco Cappella.
[2] He lent it to the Golden Gate International Exposition (San Francisco, 1940), p. 12, no. 153.