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Currently not on display

Francesco Fontebasso

Venezia, 1707 - Venezia, 1769

Adoration of the Shepherds

Date c. 1736
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.

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