Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections Object : The Massacre of the Innocents

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European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection

The Massacre of the Innocents

Made in Naples, Italy, Europe

c. 1640

Pacecco de Rosa (Francesco de Rosa), Italian (active Naples), c. 1600 - 1654

Oil on canvas
6 feet 6 inches x 10 feet 1/4 inches (198.1 x 305.4 cm)

* Gallery 258, European Art 1500-1850, second floor

1973-253-1

Purchased with the John D. McIlhenny Fund, 1973

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Provenance

Chiesman family, Scotland; with a UK dealer [1]; sold to Herner Wengraf Ltd., London; sold to PMA, December 1973. 1. Provenance according to Richard Herner of Herner Wengraf (letter dated January 17, 1974, in curatorial file).

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