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Provenance

Mr. Banti, Florence, early 20th century.[1] William R. Timken [1866-1949], New York; by inheritance to his widow, Lillian Guyer Timken [1881-1959], New York; bequest 1960 to NGA.

[1] According to a handwritten note on the back of an old photograph of the painting, conserved in the Biblioteca Berenson at I Tatti, Florence, the panel was "formerly the property of Mr. Banti, Via delle Ruote, Florence." Miklòs Boskovits suspects that "Mr. Banti" was L.M. Banti, whose collection was sold in Florence by Cesare Galardelli on 14-16 April 1926. However, the only Nativity in the rather carelessly compiled sale catalogue (cat. 30, listed without measurements and attribution) is said to have been painted on canvas.

Bibliography
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 153, repro.
2003
Boskovits, Miklós, David Alan Brown, et al. Italian Paintings of the Fifteenth Century. The Systematic Catalogue of the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2003: 139-141, color repro.