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Mass of Saint Gregory
Northern European Artist

Title

Mass of Saint Gregory

Artist

Unknown Artist (Northern European Artist)

Date

early 16th century

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

27 × 20 1/2 in. (68.6 × 52.1 cm)

Classification

Painting

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Himan Brown

Object Number

1961.570

On View

On view

Provenance

Himan Brown (1910–2010), New York, by January 1961;
His gift, through Herbert A. Kende, Selected Artists Galleries, Inc., New York, to Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, December 31, 1961.

Exhibition History

Titian to Monet: European Paintings from Joslyn Art Museum, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA, October 14, 2022–January 8, 2023; Rembrandt to Monet: 500 Years of European Painting from Joslyn Art Museum, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK, February 22–May 28, 2023.

Published References

Dorothy Burgess, “Symbolism is Vivid in ‘Mass of St. Gregory,’” Dundee and West Omaha Sun, April 11, 1963, 21A, (repro.).

Holliday T. Day and Hollister Sturges, eds., Joslyn Art Museum: Paintings & Sculpture from the European & American Collections (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 1987), 34, 35–36, 43, (repro.).

Taylor J. Acosta, European Paintings and Sculpture from Joslyn Art Museum (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 2020), 50–51, (repro.).