Virgin and Child with Saints Francis and Clare and Two Angels

CultureItalian (Sienese)
Titles
  • Virgin and Child with Saints Francis and Clare and Two Angels
Datec. 1340–1350
PlaceSiena, Italy
MediumTempera and gold leaf on panel
DimensionsPanel: 18 11/16 × 8 3/8 in. (47.5 × 21.3 cm)
Frame: 23 3/8 × 13 7/8 in. (59.4 × 35.2 cm)
Credit LineThe Edith A. and Percy S. Straus Collection
Object number44.566
Non exposé

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ProvenancePrivate collection, Scotland; [Edward Hutton, London, until May 1929]; acquired by Percy S. Straus, New York, May 1929; bequeathed to MFAH, 1944.

Exhibition History"Sacred Treasures: Early Italian Paintings from Southern Collections," Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, October 12, 2002–January 5, 2003; Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, January 26–April 2003; John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, April–July 2003.

"Sanctity Pictured: The Art of the Dominican and Franciscan Orders in Renaissance Italy," The Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, Tennessee, October 31, 2014–January 25, 2015.

"Passion for Perfection: The Straus Collection of Renaissance Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 21, 2017–June 17, 2018.
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