1925, Luigi Grassi (Florence, Italy)

Mrs. Eleanor Clay Ford

1976-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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circle of Donatello, The Nativity (Ford Nativity), ca. between 1420 and 1430, terracotta with traces of polychromy (vermillion, malachite, azurite, lead and white) and gilding. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Eleanor Clay Ford, F76.92.