St. Christopher

St. Christopher

about 1460
Artist
Vincenzo Foppa, Italian, 1427-1515
Born: Brescia, Italy
Object
painting
Medium
Tempera on panel
Accession Number
1961.160
Credit Line
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation

Vincenzo Foppa, Saint Christopher, about 1460. Tempera and oil paint on panel; 22 4/5 × 14 1/2 in. (57.9 × 36.8 cm). Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1961.160

Dimensions
image height: 22 13/16 in, 57.9438 cm; image width: 14 1/2 in, 36.8300 cm; frame height: 28 in, 71.1200 cm; frame width: 19.625 in, 49.8475 cm; frame depth: 2.625 in, 6.6675 cm
Department
European and American Art Before 1900
Collection
European Painting and Sculpture before 1900
This object is currently on view
Known Provenance
(Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi [1878 1955] Rome Florence); sold to Samuel H. Kress [1863 1955] on 18 June 1937; gift 1939 to the National Gallery of Art; deaccessioned in 1952 and returned to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation; gift to Denver Art Museum, no. 1961.160. Provenance research is on-going at the Denver Art Museum and we will post information as it becomes available. Please e-mail provenance@denverartmuseum.org, if you have questions, or if you have additional information to share with us.
Exhibition History
  • "Vincenzo Foppa and the Renaissance in Northern Italy"—Comune di Brescia, Civici Musei d'Arte e Storia, 03/02/2002 - 06/30/2002