Madonna and Child with Angels

1459-1460 (Renaissance)

56.7 cm 69 cm

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The subject of the Madonna and Christ Child, shown close up from behind a parapet, is a very common one for a devotional painting such as this. An interesting feature in this example is the coral necklace worn by Christ. Coral was believed to keep the devil away and many babie...

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Arnold Seligmann, Rey and Co., Munich and New York, 1922 [listed in Zeri: Italian Paintings in the Walters Art Gallery: I as A. S. Drey]; Robert Lehman, New York, 1924 (?) [mode of acquisition unknown]; Arnold Seligmann, Rey and Co., New York, 1925; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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