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Joseph Lowered into the Well
Bonifazio de' Pitati, Italian, Venice, 1487–1553
y1935-48
Information
Title
Joseph Lowered into the Well
Maker
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
17.8 x 35.6 cm (7 x 14 in.)
frame: 27.4 x 48.1 x 4.7 cm (10 13/16 x 18 15/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Henry White Cannon Jr.,Class of 1910, in memory of his Father
Object Number
y1935-48
Culture
Type
William Edward Frost (1810-1877), London; George Cavendish-Bentinck (1821-1891), London; Purchased by Jean Paul Richter (1847-1937) from "Cavendish Bentinck Sale," Christie, Manson & Woods, in London, England, July 13, 1891 (Lot 740); 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)., Part 2: no. 44; p. 35-36
- Jean Paul Richter, The Cannon Collection of italian paintings of the Renaissance: mostly of the Veronese School..., (Princeton, NJ: Princetion University Press, 1936)., no. 22; p. 28-30; fig. 22
- B. B. Fredericksen and F. Zeri, Census of pre-nineteenth-century Italian paintings in North American collections, (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1972)., p. 173
