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May 17, 1949 Dear Professor: Hereunder the opinions and pedigree of the Bellini: Collections: Mandel, Russia Lorenz, Zurich Certificates: To be complete, you will find enclosed copies of the certificate you wrote and the one of Dr. Valentiner I might add that Mr. Berenson saw it and called it Bellini at his best. Unfortunately, as you can well imagine, we have no written statement by him. The painting has been exhibited in 1938 at the exhibition of "Venetian Paintings", California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, No. 8 (reproduced in the catalogue under Plate 8). Sincerely yours, (Georges E. Seligmann) Encs. Professor Lionello Venturi Biltmore Hotel Madison Avenue and 43rd Street New York, N.Y.