The Holy Family in Glory with Saints Francis of Paola and Aloysius Gonzaga

Francesco Cappella (Italian (Venetian), 1714–1784)

early 1760s

Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas

Dimensions167.3 x 121.9 cm (65 7/8 x 48 in.)

Credit LineErnest Wadsworth Longfellow Fund

Accession number45.100

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ClassificationsPaintings

Collections

Europe

ProvenanceBy 1922, Baron Bartolomeo Vitali, Milan [see note 1]. By 1940, Jacob M. Heimann, New York [see note 2]; 1945, sold by Heimann to the MFA for $7000. (Accession Date: February 8, 1945)

NOTES:
[1] Lent to the "Mostra della Pittura Italiana del Seicento e del Settecento," Palazzo Pitti, Florence, 1922, cat. no. 747, where it was attributed to Piazzetta. In Ugo Ojetti et al., La pittura italiana del Seicento e del Settecento alla mostra di Palazzo Pitti (Florence, 1924), p. 49, the painting is attributed to Francesco Cappella.

[2] He lent it to the Golden Gate International Exposition (San Francisco, 1940), p. 12, no. 153.