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Source Description
It was customary during the Renaissance to hang an image of the Madonna and Child in every room of a home, where they served as the focus for daily prayer and kept a watchful eye over the household. This example, both quiet and gentle, was produced in the circle of the great Venetian painter Giovanni Bellini (ca. 1430-1516) and has recently been attributed to one of that artist's followers, Alessandro Oliverio. One of the most prolific artists of Renaissance Venice, Bellini was especially renowned for his Madonna and Child compositions, which were often repeated by other artists.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
4646
label
Madonna and Child
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obj
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drawing
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
4646
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Madonna and Child
description
It was customary during the Renaissance to hang an image of the Madonna and Child in every room of a home, where they served as the focus for daily prayer and kept a watchful eye over the household. This example, both quiet and gentle, was produced in the circle of the great Venetian painter Giovanni Bellini (ca. 1430-1516) and has recently been attributed to one of that artist's followers, Alessandro Oliverio. One of the most prolific artists of Renaissance Venice, Bellini was especially renowned for his Madonna and Child compositions, which were often repeated by other artists.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [1897 catalogue: no. 528, as Flemish School, 15th century]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1500 (Renaissance)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
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2
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2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
33.5
height
26.8
dimensionsRaw
Painted surface H: 13 3/16 x W: 10 9/16 in. (33.5 x 26.8 cm); Panel H: 13 9/16 x W: 10 11/16 x D excluding cradle: 3/16 in. (34.4 x 27.2 x 0.4 cm)
Source extras
med
oil on wood panel
creator_ids
34985
collection_ids
REN
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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4437b4d0a54e90a6
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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4e233cec6856e8fd
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no
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no