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Source Description
The motif of the Christ Child playing with his foot while he nurses is quite charming. An attribution to Niccolo da Voltri has also been suggested.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
15000
label
Madonna Nursing the Christ Child, with Angels and Two Donors
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
15000
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Madonna Nursing the Christ Child, with Angels and Two Donors
description
The motif of the Christ Child playing with his foot while he nurses is quite charming. An attribution to Niccolo da Voltri has also been suggested.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911 [mode of acquisition unknown] [through Berenson]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1410 (Renaissance)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
paintings
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
116.5
height
77.4
depth
1.1
dimensionsRaw
H with modern frame in which the painting is encased: 45 7/8 x W: 30 1/2 x Approx. D: 7/16 in. (116.5 x 77.4 x 1.1 cm); Painted surface H including pastiglia ornament of the original frame: 40 x W: 23 11/16 in. (101.6 x 60.2 cm); Estimated H of original panel: 42 1/8 x W: 24 3/16 in. (107 x 61.5 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Transcription] At the bottom between the two donors: HO[C] OP[V]S. FECIT FI[ERI]...RB.T...R...; [Translation] This work was commissioned...; [Transcription] In the Virgin's halo: AVE GRATIA PLENA.
med
tempera and gold on wood panel
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4003
collection_ids
REN
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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2fe6416f3b216524
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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622a8a8b8790ed67
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no