Christ in the House of Martha and Mary Magdalene

c. 1500-1505

Possibly Defendente Ferrari and Giovanni Martino Spanzotti, Christ in the House of Martha and Mary Magdalene, about 1500–05. Oil paint on panel; 60 1/2 × 30 in. (153.7 × 76.2 cm). Denver Art Museum: Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1931.4

Artist

Defendente Ferrari, Italian: Born: Chivasso, Italy; Active Years: 1511-1535
Uncertain
Giovanni Martino Spanzotti, Italian, 1480 - c. 1523
Uncertain

Country

Italy

Object

painting

Medium

Oil paint on panel

Dimensions

image height: 60 1/2 in, 153.6700 cm; image width: 30 in, 76.2000 cm; frame height: 67 3/4 in, 172.085 cm; frame width: 37 1/2 in, 95.25 cm; frame depth: 4.5 in, 11.4300 cm

Credit Line

Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation

Department

European and American Art Before 1900

Collection

European Painting and Sculpture before 1900

Accession Number

1931.4

Known Provenance

Mario Michela, Piedmont, Italy. Luigi Cora, Turin. Achillito Chiesa. (Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi [1878 1955] Rome Florence); sold to Samuel H. Kress [1863-1955] on July 16, 1930; gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 1931.

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