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image of The Nativity
Perino del Vaga (artist)
Italian, 1501 - 1547
The Nativity, 1534
oil on panel transferred to canvas
overall: 274.4 x 221.1 cm (108 1/16 x 87 1/16 in.) framed: 302 x 248.9 x 9.8 cm (118 7/8 x 98 x 3 7/8 in.)
Samuel H. Kress Collection
1961.9.31
On View
From the Tour: Mannerism
Object 4 of 8
1841Catalogue des tableaux composant la galerie de feu son eminence Cardinal Fesch. Rome, 1841:32
1854Waagen, Gustav Friedrich. Treasures of Art in Great Britain. 3 vols. London, 1854: 2:233
1959Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959: 103, repro.
1965Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 103
1968Shapley, Fern Rusk. Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Italian Schools, XV-XVI Century. London, 1968: 108-109, fig. 261.
1968European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 91, repro.
1975European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 262, repro.
1979Shapley, Fern Rusk. Catalogue of the Italian Paintings. 2 vols. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1979: I:358-359, II:pl. 258
1984Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 182, no. 206, color repro.
1985Wolk, Linda. "The Pala Baciadonne by Perino del Vaga." Studies in the History of Art 18 (1985):29-57, repro.
1985European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 302, repro.
1992National Gallery of Art, Washington. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 98, repro.
2000Kirsh, Andrea, and Levenson, Rustin S. Seeing Through Paintings: Physical Examination in Art Historical Studies. Physical Examination in Art Historical Studies, vol. 1. New Haven, 2000: 11-13, fig. 8.
2004Hand, John Oliver. National Gallery of Art: Master Paintings from the Collection. Washington and New York, 2004: 93, no. 69, color repro.

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