Madonna and Child
The simply dressed Virgin Mary and the naked Christ Child remind the viewer of the Christian virtue of humility. The landscape behind them suggests an idealized site from Perugino's native Umbria in central Italy, given a paradise-like beauty and serenity. The colors are vivid...
Drawing
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id
23285
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| contentType |
contentType
drawing
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Grand Duke of Tuscany [date and mode of acquisition unknown] (?); Grand Duke of Lucca [date and mode of acquisition unknown] (?) [In the Warren sale catalogue, this picture was previously listed in the collection of the grand duke of Tusdany, then in that of the duke of Lucca; it does not appear, however, in the sale catalogue of the latter, while its provenance from the grand ducal collection cannot be traced]; Mrs. S. D. Warren, Boston [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Mrs. S. D. Warren Sale, American Art Association, New York, January 8-9, 1903, no. 100; H. Williams [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1903, by purchase; 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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| style |
style
Renaissance
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_37.475_Fnt_SL_X78.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_37.475_Fnt_SL_X78.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_37.475_Fnt_SL_X78.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.475 |
Terms
Medium
oil on panel
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