Updated 26 February 2024
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Adoration of the Shepherds
Date | c. 1736 |
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Materials and Techniques | oil on canvas |
Size(cm) | 20 x 37 |
Credit Line | ex-Matsukata Collection |
Standard ref. | M470 |
Category | Paintings |
Collection Number | P.2010-0006 |
Provenance
Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe; pledged by Matsukata to save his business, Kawasaki Dockyard Co., Ltd., Kobe and then seized by Jugo Bank, Tokyo, 1927 [Jugo Bank label on the reverse]; 4th Matsukata sale, Tokyo, 7–24 May 1931, lot 117, repr., attributed to Giovanni Battista Tiepolo; Hōraishokusan & Co., Tokyo; purchased by NMWA, 2011.
Exhibition History
- 1989
- The Old Matsukata Collection, Kobe City Museum, 14 September 1989 - 26 November 1989, cat. no. 149, col. repr.
Bibliography
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 1684.
- 2012
- Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 45 (Apr. 2010-Mar. 2011), 2012, List of New Acquisitions. p. 55.
- 2018
- The Matsukata Collection: Complete Catalogue of the European Art. Kawaguchi, Masako; Jingaoka, Megumi, eds. vol. 1: Paintings, Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2018, cat. no. 470, col. repr.