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National Gallery of Art - THE COLLECTION
image of Cephalus and the Nymphs
Bernardino Luini (artist)
Italian, c. 1480 - 1532
Cephalus and the Nymphs, c. 1520/1522
fresco
overall: 228 x 124.5 cm (89 3/4 x 49 in.)
Samuel H. Kress Collection
1943.4.57
On View
From the Tour: Fresco Cycle with the Story of Procris and Cephalus
Object 7 of 9
1940Frankfurter, Alfred M. "Luini Frescos That Bring the Renaissance to Life." Art News34, no. 12 (21 December 1940):8, repro.
1944Cairns, Huntington and John Walker, eds., Masterpieces of Painting from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1944: 52, color repro., as The Illusion of Cephalus.
1944Frankfurter, Alfred M. The Kress Collection in the National Gallery. New York, 1944: 43, repro., as The Illusion of Cephalus.
1945Paintings and Sculpture from the Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1945 (reprinted 1947, 1949): 109, repro., as The Illusion of Cephalus.
1959Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959: 181, repro., as The Illusion of Cephalus.
1965Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 79, as The Illusion of Cephalus.
1966Cairns, Huntington and John Walker, eds., A Pageant of Painting from the National Gallery of Art. 2 vols. New York, 1966: 1:142, color repro., as The Illusion of Cephalus.
1968European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 69, repro., as The Illusion of Cephalus.
1968Shapley, Fern Rusk. Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Italian Schools, XV-XVI Century. London, 1968: 141-142, fig. 345.
1975European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 204, repro., as The Illusion of Cephalus.
1979Shapley, Fern Rusk. Catalogue of the Italian Paintings. 2 vols. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1979: I:285-288, II:pl. 202
1984Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. (rev. ed.) New York, 1984: 195, no. 228, color repro., as Illusion of Cephalus.
1985European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 238, repro., as The Illusion of Cephalus.

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