Paolo di Giovanni Fei (painter) Italian, mentioned 1369 - 1411 The Presentation of the Virgin, c. 1400 tempera on wood transferred to hardboard overall: 147.1 x 140.4 cm (57 15/16 x 55 1/4 in.) Samuel H. Kress Collection 1961.9.4 Not on View

From the Tour: Painting in Siena in the 14th and Early 15th Centuries
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Provenance

Commissioned c. 1398 for the Cappella di San Pietro, Duomo, Siena. H.M. Clark, London, by 1928.[1] Edward Hutton, London. (Wildenstein, New York) by 1951;[2] sold 1954 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1961 to NGA.

[1] Lent by Clark to 1928 exhibition in London. [2]Published as with Wildenstein in Millard Meiss, Painting in Florence and Siena after the Black Death, 1951, plate 165. Written opinion by Bernard Berenson in NGA curatorial files also dates from 1951, suggesting the painting was on the market at that time.

Associated Names

• Capella di San Pietro
• Clark, H. M.
• Hutton, Edward
• Kress Foundation, Samuel H. (Kress number K2045)
• Wildenstein & Co., Inc.

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