Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012
The Acquisitions
Art of Europe: July 2011–June 2012
Gathering of the Manna
about 1600
Antonio Tempesta
43 x 57 cm (16 15/16 x 22 7/16 in.)
Oil on alabaster
Classification: Paintings
Accession number: 2012.120
Location: Robert and Ruth Remis Gallery (Europe, 1600–1800)
Provenance/Ownership History: Martin Farqhuar Tupper (b. 1810– d. 1889), London. 1898, sold by J.D. Ichenhauser, London, to William Cornelius van Horne (b. 1843 – d. 1915), Montreal [see note 1]; until at least 1946, with the estate of William van Horne, Montreal. November 25, 1991, anonymous sale, Waddington’s, Toronto, lot 2030. 1994, sold by Stanley Moss and Co., Hudson, NY, to Joseph Koerner, London, and Cambridge, MA; 2012, gift of Joseph and Margaret Koerner to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 25, 2012) NOTES: [1] That this painting and its companion (MFA accession no. 2012.121) had belonged to Tupper and were purchased in 1898 from Ichenhauser is according to a label on the reverse of the painting. When they were auctioned in 1991 they were said in the catalogue to come from the estate of William van Horne. The majority of the van Horne collection remained intact and in Montreal until at least 1946.
Gift of the Margaret K. Koerner and Joseph Leo Koerner family