The Nativity with the Infant Saint John

Provenance

Grand Duchess Maria Nicolaievna de Leuchtenberg [1819-1876], Saint Petersburg, Russia, after 1852;[1] by inheritance to her son, Nicholas de Beauharnais, duc de Leuchtenberg [1843-1891], Saint Petersburg, Russia; by inheritance to Nicholas' son, Nicholas de Beauharnais, duc de Leuchtenberg [1868-1928], Saint Petersburg, Russia; acquired by A.-B. Nordiska Kompaniet, Stockholm, by 1917, as by Ridolfo Ghirlandaio.[2] (Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi, Florence and Rome); sold 1937 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[3] gift 1939 to NGA. [1] The painting is not included in the 1851 catalogue of the Leuchtenberg collection. [2] Eugène de Beauharnais, _Leuchtenbergska tavelsamlingen_, Stockholm, 1917, catalogues 93 pictures acquired by the AB Nordiska Kompaniet from the Leuchtenberg collection; this picture is no. 9, as by Ghirlandaio. [3] See also The Kress Collection Digital Archive, https://kress.nga.gov/Detail/objects/2261.

The Nativity with the Infant Saint John

Piero di Cosimo

c. 1495/1505

Accession Number

1939.1.371

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 145.7 cm (57 3/8 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection