Head of the Madonna
This painting is the fragment of a fresco, a type of wall painting in which pigment is applied to plaster when it is still wet. It must have been part of a much larger composition that showed the Madonna in glory, probably holding the Christ Child and flanked by saints. Rays o...
Drawing
| id |
id
38676
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| contentType |
contentType
drawing
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
[Said to have come from an oratory in the region of Florence]; Private collection, Florence, until 1911 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Balimore, after 1911 [mode of acquisition unknown] [through Berenson as agent (?)]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_37.1057_Fnt_NF_C39.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_37.1057_Fnt_NF_C39.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_37.1057_Fnt_NF_C39.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.1057 |
Terms
Medium
fresco
Relations
createdBy
inCollection