Category:Saint Margaret of Cortona by Gaspare Traversi (MET 68.182)

**Saint Margaret of Cortona**
	painting by Gaspare Traversi
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Instance of	painting (Painting);
Main subject	Margaret of Cortona;
Depicts	woman, boy, dog, devil, saint, angel and nun
Made from material	oil paint; canvas (painting support);
Genre	religious art;
Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York City, New York
Creator	Gaspare Traversi;
Collection	Metropolitan Museum of Art (1968–); European Paintings (68.182, 1968–);
Inventory number	68.182 (Metropolitan Museum of Art);
Inception	c. 1758;
Width	48.25 in;
Height	67.75 in;
Religion or worldview	Christianity;
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Saint Margaret of Cortona by Gaspare Traversi (MET 68.182)

Artist



Alternative names	Gasparo Soversi; Gaspare Traversa; Giuseppe Traversi; Gaspare Giovanni Traversi; Traversi; gasparo traversi
Description	painter
Date of birth/death	circa 1722 date QS:P,+1722-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902	1 November 1770
Location of birth/death	Naples	Rome
Work location	Rome (1765–1770); Rome (1748–1757); Naples; Parma (1758)
Authority file	: Q1388163 VIAF: 69799223 ISNI: 0000000061547051 ULAN: 500011841 LCCN: nr2003031942 WGA: t/traversi GND: 122015134 SUDOC: 074794043 BNF: 11961265g SBN: PALV041417 RKD: 78113 Koninklijke: 256132313 WorldCat

Title

Saint Margaret of Cortona

Object type

Genre

Depicted people

Date

circa 1758

Medium

Dimensions

height: 67.7 in (172 cm)

; width: 48.2 in (122.5 cm)

Collection

European Paintings
Parent institution	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Website	www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/curatorial-departments/european-paintings
Authority file	: Q67429134

Metropolitan Museum of Art

	Native name	Metropolitan Museum of Art
	Location	Manhattan, New York City, United States of America
	Coordinates	40° 46′ 46″ N, 73° 57′ 48″ W
	Established	1870
	Website	www.metmuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q160236 VIAF: 126238294 ISNI: 0000000419368761 ULAN: 500125157 LCCN: n79129629 NLA: 36247933 WorldCat

Current location

Gallery 627

Accession number

Object history

Provenance:

conte Merenda, Forlì (until after 1870; inv., after 1870, no. 57/39, p. 20, as "S. Margherita da Cortona," Flemish School);
[Ettore Viancini, Venice, about 1965/66, as by Pompeo Batoni];
[Ferruccio Ferruzzi and Filippo Giordano delle Lanze, Venice, by 1967–68;
as attributed to Pompeo Batoni, sold to The Met]

Exhibition history

Detroit Institute of Arts. "The Golden Age of Naples: Art and Civilization under the Bourbons, 1734–1805," August 11–November 1, 1981, no. 50.
Art Institute of Chicago. "The Golden Age of Naples: Art and Civilization under the Bourbons, 1734–1805," January 16–March 8, 1982, no. 50.
Queens, N.Y. Queens Museum. "Flights of Fantasy," August 14–November 28, 1982, no. 37.
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. "Gaspare Traversi: Heiterkeit im Schatten," July 19–November 16, 2003, no. 63.
Naples. Castel Sant'Elmo. "Gaspare Traversi: napoletani del '700 tra miseria e nobiltà," December 13, 2003–March 14, 2004, no. 7.
Parma. Galleria Nazionale. "Luce sul Settecento: Gaspare Traversi e l'arte del suo tempo in Emilia," April 4–July 4, 2004, no. 13.

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