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Journey of the Queen of Sheba

(Italian (Florentine), about 1416–1465)
(Italian (Florentine), about 1402–1489)
Medium/TechniqueTempera on panel
Dimensions39.1 x 133.4 cm (15 3/8 x 52 1/2 in.)
Credit LineHerbert James Pratt Fund
Accession number23.252
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
Provenance1923, purchased by Walter Gay (b. 1856 - d. 1937), Paris, for the MFA for $9962 [see note 1]. (Accession Date: June 7, 1923)

NOTES:
[1] Accessioned as a work by Paolo Uccello. Later attributed to an artist of the Florentine school.
Cassone with three painted panels
Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso
Paintings: possibly after 1465; cabinetry: late 19th century
Battle of Pharsalus and the Beheading of Pompey
Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso
about 1456–65
Meeting of the Queen of Sheba and Solomon
Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso
about 1464–65
Saint Michael
Pellegrino di Giovanni di Antonio da Perugia
about 1428–37
Madonna of Humility
Giovanni di Paolo
about 1442
Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple (?)
Fra Carnevale (Bartolomeo di Giovanni Corradini)
about 1467
Male Saint
Benvenuto di Giovanni
about 1498–1500
Saint Vincent Ferrer
Benvenuto di Giovanni
about 1498–1500
Expulsion from Paradise
Benvenuto di Giovanni
1470s
Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew
Lorenzo di Niccolò di Martino
about 1404–10