Currently not on view
God the Father
Benedetto Diana, Italian, ca. 1460–1523
y1935-49
Information
Title
God the Father
Maker
Medium
Oil (?) on wood panel
Dimensions
40.6 x 106.8 cm (16 x 42 1/16 in.)
frame: 59 x 120 x 7.7 cm (23 1/4 x 47 1/4 x 3 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Henry White Cannon, Jr.,Class of 1910, in memory of his Father
Object Number
y1935-49
Place Collected
Europe, Verona
Culture
Type
Materials
Subject
Andrea Monga (1794-1861), Verona; By descent to his son, Cav. Pietro Monga (?-?), Verona; Purchased from him by Jean Paul Richter (1847-1937) in Verona in February 1888; Purchased from him by Henry White Cannon (1850-1934) in Florence on March 10, 1906; By descent to his son, Henry (Harry) W. Cannon, Jr. (1887-1966), Class of 1910; Donated to the Museum in 1935.
- Jean Paul Richter, A descriptive catalogue of old masters of the Italian school, (Florence: Galileiana, 1907-1914)., no. 6; p. 48-50
- Eugenio Levi, A history of the suppressed Convent of San Michele alla Doccia sotto Fiesole, Florence: founded in 1411, now the property of Mr. Henry White Cannon, followed by a brief account of the religious orders of Italy, (Florence: Tipografia Giuntina, 1911)., opposite p. 166 (illus.)
- Jean Paul Richter, The Cannon Collection of italian paintings of the Renaissance: mostly of the Veronese School..., (Princeton, NJ: Princetion University Press, 1936)., no. 15; p. 21-22; fig. 15
- Bernard Berenson, Italian pictures of the Renaissance: a list of the principal artists and their works with an index of places: Venetian school, (New York: Phaidon Publishers, 1957). , p. 85
- B. B. Fredericksen and F. Zeri, Census of pre-nineteenth-century Italian paintings in North American collections, (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1972)., p. 104
- Dizionario enciclopedico Bolaffi dei pittori e degli incisori italiani dall’XI al XX secolo, (Torino: G. Bolaffi, 1972-1976). , Vol. 9: entry on Puccinelli
