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The Nativity
John Singleton Copley (American, 1738–1815)
about 1776
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
62.23 x 76.2 cm (24 1/2 x 30 in.)
Credit Line
Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow Fund
Accession Number1972.981
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsPaintings
ProvenanceThe artist, until 1815; to Lord Lyndhurst, his son; with Lyndhurst sale, Christie's, London, March 5, 1864, no. 62; to Colonel Hawkesley; to Canon F. G. Brenchley; with Sotheby's, London, November 17, 1981, as Benjamin West, "The Adoration of the Shepherds," lot 38; with Cyril Humphris, London; to MFA, 1972, purchase.