The Crucifixion

New York, F. Kleinberger Gallelries, Italian Primitives, 1917, no. 71, as Allegretto Nuzi. Chicago, The Renaissance Society, The University of Chicago, Commemorative Exhibition from the Martin A. Ryerson Collection, 1932, no. 3, as Allegretto Nuzi. Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, 1933, cat. 92, as Allegretto Nuzi Art Institute of Chicago, Masterpiece of the Month, March-April, 1956, as Allegretto Nuzi (no cat.) Raleight, North Carolina Museum of Art, Reunited: Francescuccio Ghissi’s St. John Altarpiece, September 10, 2016-March 5, 2017; Portland Art Museum, March 26-Septmber 10, 2017.

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