The Synagogue

Provenance

Arthur Sambon, Paris, 1929 [according to Paris 1926, suppl. no 24]. Bessand, Paris, by 1931. [according to Delogu, 1931, p. 124]; bought by Italico Brass (d. 1943), Venice, by c. 1932 [see letter by from his grandson, Italico Brass Jr. to Henry Clifford, Philadelphia Museum of Art, regarding the provenance of the pendant, The Catechism in the Cathedralof Milan; copy in curatorial file]; by descent to his son Alessandro Brass [see 19 November 1949 letter from Alessandro Brass to Daniel Catton Rich in curatorial file]; sold by Alessandro Brass to the Art Institute, 1949.

The Synagogue

Alessandro Magnasco

c. 1730

Accession Number

66046

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

119.4 × 149.8 cm (47 × 58 15/16 in.); Framed: 132.8 × 163.4 × 12.1 cm (52 1/4 × 64 3/8 × 4 3/4 in.)

Classification

oil on canvas

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection