Kenyon Cox, After Boltraffio, "Sacra Conversazione"
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Kenyon Cox

After Boltraffio, "Sacra Conversazione"

1878-1882

Current Collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
32.1 × 32.8 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-135118

Kenyon Cox studied in Paris, as did many nineteenth-century American art students from affluent families. While there, he trained with well-known French artists, but his works were largely influenced by classical and Renaissance art. This small painting is a copy of a work in the Louvre by Italian Renaissance artist Giovanni Boltraffio (about 1467-1516). Sacra conversazione, or sacred conversatio…

Provenance

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Ambrose Lansing

Registry history

  • 1878-1882 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum

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