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Allegorical Figure of Charity

(Italian (Venetian), 1528–1588)
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions55.9 x 31.8 cm (22 x 12 1/2 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession number64.2084
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1929, Casa d'Arte Volterra, Florence [see note 1]. By 1930, Count Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi (b. 1878 - d. 1955), Rome; May 26, 1930, sold by Contini-Bonacossi to Mrs.Edward Jackson Holmes (Mary Stacy Beaman) (b. 1875 - d. 1964), Boston; 1964, bequest of Holmes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 9, 1964)

NOTES:
[1] Adolfo Venturi, "Storia dell'arte italiana," vol. 9, "La pittura del Cinquecento," part 4 (Milan: Hoepli, 1929), fig. 588, published it as belonging to the Casa d'Arte Volterra.