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image of The Holy Family
Giorgione (painter)
Italian, 1477/1478 - 1510
The Holy Family, probably c. 1500
oil on panel transferred to hardboard
Overall: 37.3 x 45.6 cm (14 11/16 x 17 15/16 in.) framed: 55.9 x 64.8 x 7.6 cm (22 x 25 1/2 x 3 in.)
Samuel H. Kress Collection
1952.2.8
Not on View
From the Tour: Giorgione and the High Renaissance in Venice
Object 2 of 7
1951Einstein, Lewis. Looking at Italian Pictures in the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1951: 82-85, repro., as by Venetian school, c. 1500 (possibly Giorgone).
1951Paintings and Sculpture from the Kress Collection Acquired by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation 1945-1951. Introduction by John Walker, text by William E. Suida. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1951: 98, no. 39, repro., as by Venetian School (Possibly Giorgione).
1956Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1956: 26, repro.
1957Shapley, Fern Rusk. Comparisons in Art: A Companion to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. London, 1957 (reprinted 1959): pl. 32
1959Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959: 155, repro.
1961Seymour, Charles. Art Treasures for America: An Anthology of Paintings & Sculpture in the Samuel H. Kress Collection. London, 1961: 94, color repro. 87
1962Cairns, Huntington and John Walker, eds., Treasures from the National Gallery of Art, New York, 1962: 24, color repro.
1963Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. New York, 1963 (reprinted 1964 in French, German, and Spanish): 307, repro.
1965Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 58
1966Cairns, Huntington and John Walker, eds., A Pageant of Painting from the National Gallery of Art. 2 vols. New York, 1966: 1:158, color repro.
1968European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 50, repro.
1968Shapley, Fern Rusk. Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Italian Schools, XV-XVI Century. London, 1968: 150-151, fig. 366.
1975European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 152, repro.
1979Shapley, Fern Rusk. Catalogue of the Italian Paintings. 2 vols. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1979: I:211-213, II:pl. 145
1984Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. (rev. ed.) New York, 1984: 199, no. 236, color repro.
1985European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 176, repro.
1993Freedberg, S. J. "The Attribution of the Allendale Nativity." Studies in the History of Art 45 (1993): 69, repro. no. 33.
2004Danziger, Elon. "The Cook collection, its founder and its inheritors." The Burlington Magazine 146, no. 1216 (July 2004): 453.

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