The nativity by mateo cerezo, private collection. It belonged to the apelles collection (collection of carlos alberto cruz). It was later sold at auction at sotheby's on july 8, 2021. Work signed. Signed lower centre: matheo cerezo
oil on canvas
unframed: 140. 5 x 120. 9 cm (55⅜ x 47⅝ in. )
provenance:
anonymous sale, london, christie’s, 22 may 1914, lot 107, for £31-10s to morgan (as circle of murillo);
in the collection of j. J. Morgan, u. K. ;
anonymous sale, london, christie’s, 23 april 1917, lot 31, for £8-8s to paris (as circle of murillo);
in the collection of a belgian aristocratic family;
with derek johns ltd. , london;
from whom acquired by the apelles collection in 2013.
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