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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

Provenance1815, upon the death of the artist, by inheritance to his son, John Singleton Copley, Jr., Lord Lyndhurst (b. 1772 – d. 1863), London; March 5, 1864, the collection of Lord Lyndhurst sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, lot 62 to Hawkesley (probably Thomas Hawkesley, dealer), London. By 1971, Canon Frederick. G. Brenchley (b. 1914), Bedfordshire, England; November 17, 1971, Brenchley and others sale, Sotheby’s, London, lot 38 to “Leger” [see note 1]. 1972, sold by Cyril Humphris, dealer, London to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 13, 1972)

NOTES:

[1] Sold as Benjamin West.