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The Education of the Infant Christ
Rueland Frueauf, the Elder (Austrian, about 1440/1450–1507)
1506
Medium/Technique
Oil and tempera on panel
Dimensions
61.9 x 72.1 cm (24 3/8 x 28 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow Fund
Accession Number49.1076
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
InscriptionsLower left, on prie-dieu: 1506
ProvenancePossibly Count Kaspar Maria Sternberg (b. 1761 - d. 1838), Prague [see note 1]; until 1949, by descent within the family to Countess Sternberg, Prague; 1949, sold by Countess Sternberg, through M. Glueckselig and Son, New York, to the MFA for $3500. (Accession Date: October 13, 1949)
NOTES:
[1] Hanns Swarzenski, in the MFA Bulletin, XLVIII, no. 273 (October, 1950), p. 55, stated that the painting "comes from the Gallery of Kaspar Count Sternberg in Prague, which, incidentally, was praised by Goethe." His source of this information is not known.
NOTES:
[1] Hanns Swarzenski, in the MFA Bulletin, XLVIII, no. 273 (October, 1950), p. 55, stated that the painting "comes from the Gallery of Kaspar Count Sternberg in Prague, which, incidentally, was praised by Goethe." His source of this information is not known.