Virgin and Child with Donor

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Artist Antoniazzo Romano(Italian (Roman), c. 1435/40–1508)Italian (Roman), c. 1435/40–1508

CultureItalian (Roman)

Titles

Virgin and Child with Donor

Datec. 1480

PlaceItaly

MediumTempera and gold leaf on panel

DimensionsPanel: 18 9/16 × 14 7/8 in. (47.1 × 37.8 cm)
Frame: 39 1/2 × 29 1/4 in. (100.3 × 74.3 cm)

Credit LineThe Edith A. and Percy S. Straus Collection

Object number44.551

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Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

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Object Type

PAINTING

Provenance[Enrico Testa, Rome/Florence]; sold on November 7, 1921 to Percy S. Straus; bequeathed to MFAH, 1944.
Exhibition History"Arts of the Italian Renaissance," Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1923.

"Virgin and Child," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 22, 1993–January 1994.
Published References "Catalogue of the Edith A. and Percy S. Straus Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1945 "The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: A Guide to the Collection," intro. by William C. Agee, entry by J. Patrice Marandel, No. 54 (1981) Dr. Carolyn C. Wilson, "Italian Paintings XIV-XVI in The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in association with Rice University Press and Merrell Holberton Publishers, London, 1996, cat. no. 22

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