Christ Expelling the Moneychangers from the Temple, c. 1540/1549

West Building, Main Floor - Gallery 27

Medium

engraved rock crystal

Dimensions

overall (oval): 10.8 x 8.9 cm (4 1/4 x 3 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of David Edward Finley and Margaret Eustis Finley

Accession Number

1984.5.1

Artists / Makers

Giovanni Bernardi (sculptor) Bolognese, 1494 - 1553

Image Use

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Provenance

Private collection; (sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 10 July 1975, no. 57). Private collection; purchased August or September 1983 by (Ellin Mitchell, New York);[1] purchased 8 February 1984 by NGA.

[1] Telephone conversation between Ellin Mitchell and Alison Luchs, 9 January 1984 (notes in NGA curatorial files).

Associated Names

Mitchell, Ellin, Ms.

Bibliography

1989: Donati 1989, 176, pl. 68.