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Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem

1500s

2019.20

Not currently on view

oil paintpanelswoodoakpainting

Artwork Details

Artist
Creation Date
1500s
Materials
oil on oak panel
Object Types
oil paintings, panel paintings, paintings
Dimensions

5-1/2 x 3-1/2 in.

Accession Number
2019.20
Credit Line

The Clowes Collection

Copyright
Public Domain
Collection

European Painting and Sculpture Before 1800

Color Palette

Baron Henri-Marie-Bruno-Joseph-Léon Kervyn de Lettenhove [1856-1928], St. Michel-lez-Bruges and Brussels, Belgium; by descent to Colette H. Dawson (Mrs. John W. Dawson), Zionsville, Indiana, from 1948;{1} Purchased in 1960 by Mrs. George Henry Alexander Clowes [1885-1967], Indianapolis, Indiana:{2} The Clowes Fund Collection, 1967 and on long-term loan to the Indianapolis Museum of Art since 1971; given to the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, in 2019. {1} Upon the death of Baron Henri Kervyn de Lettenhove in 1928, his estate was divided between his wife (who died in 1934) and one surviving child, the Vicomtesse Roger le Sergeant d'Hendecourt (died 1942). The four children of the latter were minors on the death of their father; two died in 1945, and the estate remained undivided until 1948, when it was inherited by Colette Dawson and her sister. Correspondence from John W. Dawson to Allen Whitehill Clowes, 23 September 1960 (IMA, Clowes Collection Archive). {2} Sales agreement, 19 August 1960 (IMA, Clowes Collection Archive).


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