Madonna and Child

1480-1485 (Renaissance)

51.6 cm 63 cm 2.1 cm

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Images of the Madonna and Child were common in the homes of Renaissance Italy, where they were focus of daily prayer and devotion and served as moral exemplars for young mothers and children. In this example, Christ and Mary’s divinity is downplayed; their halos are just barel...

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1742
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Private collection, Rome, until 1874 [mode of acquisition unknown]; M. Paul Delaroff, St. Petersburg, prior to 1909 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, April 23-24, 1914, lot 235 [as Antonio Vivarini]; Sekian, Paris, 1914-1916 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Paolo Paolini, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1916, by purchase [through Bernard Berenson]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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