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Saint Dominic and the Burning of the Heretical Books
After: Domenico Beccafumi (Domenico di Giacomo di Pace) (Italian (Sienese), 1486–1551)
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
26.1 x 37.5 cm (10 1/4 x 14 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Charles Potter Kling Fund
Accession Number50.861
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
DescriptionAfter predella panel, whereabouts unknown, formerly in the Dominican church of S. Spirito in Siena
Provenance1949, S. Caligaris, Florence; May 4, 1949, sold by Caligaris to Herbert N. Bier, London, and R. A. Newton; April 9, 1950, sold by Herbert Bier to Vitale Bloch (b. 1900 - d. 1975), London and New York [see note 1]; 1950, sold by Bloch to the MFA for $2400 [see note 2]. (Accession Date: May 11, 1950)
NOTES:
[1] The provenance is taken from information in the files of Herbert Bier. However, in a letter from Vitale Bloch to W. G. Constable of the MFA (May 16, 1950), Bloch writes that "I bought the two little paintings [MFA nos. 50.861 and 50.862] in Florence from Mr. B[ernard] Berenson's restorer." In a subsequent letter to Mrs. Neil Rudenstine of the MFA (December 14, 1962), Bloch specifies that the restorer was Mr. [Giannino] Marchig (b. 1897 - d. 1983). [2] MFA accession numbers 50.861-50.862 were purchsed together for $2400.
NOTES:
[1] The provenance is taken from information in the files of Herbert Bier. However, in a letter from Vitale Bloch to W. G. Constable of the MFA (May 16, 1950), Bloch writes that "I bought the two little paintings [MFA nos. 50.861 and 50.862] in Florence from Mr. B[ernard] Berenson's restorer." In a subsequent letter to Mrs. Neil Rudenstine of the MFA (December 14, 1962), Bloch specifies that the restorer was Mr. [Giannino] Marchig (b. 1897 - d. 1983). [2] MFA accession numbers 50.861-50.862 were purchsed together for $2400.