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center on entablature of temple: VIRGINITAS

Provenance

Commissioned c. 1522 by Gerolamo Rabia for either the Casa Rabia, Milan, or his country house, La Pelucca, near Monza.[1] Michele Cavaleri, Milan; sold 1873 to Enrico (Henri) Cernuschi [1821-1896], Paris and Menton, until at least 1895.[2] (Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris), by 1897.[3] Rodolphe Kann [d. 1905], Paris, by 1900;[4] his estate; sold 1907 to (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris); sold 1942 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[5] gift 1943 to NGA.

Exhibition History

1946
Recent Additions to the Kress Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1946, no. 722.

Bibliography

1940
Frankfurter, Alfred M. "Luini Frescos That Bring the Renaissance to Life." Art News34, no. 12 (21 December 1940):8, repro.
1945
Paintings and Sculpture from the Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1945 (reprinted 1947, 1949): 106, repro., as Cepahlus and Pan at the Temple.
1959
Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959: 178, repro., as Cephalus and Pan at the Temple.
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 79, as Cephalus and Pan at the Temple.
1968
Berenson, Bernard. Italian Pictures of the Renaissance. Central Italian and North Italian Schools. 3 vols. London, 1968: 1:235.
1968
Shapley, Fern Rusk. Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Italian Schools, XV-XVI Century. London, 1968: 141-142, fig. 346.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 204, repro., as Cephalus and Pan at the Temple.
1979
Shapley, Fern Rusk. Catalogue of the Italian Paintings. 2 vols. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1979: 1:285-288; 2:pl. 203, as The Temple of Diana.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 195, no. 225, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 237, repro.
2019
Quattrini, Cristina. Bernardino Luini: Catalogo generale delle opere. Turin, 2019: 22, 39, 51, 38-41, 149-169, 228, 230, 436, cat. 20.

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