Master of the Sienese Straus Madonna
Virgin and Child

CultureItalian (Sienese)
Titles
  • Virgin and Child
Datec. 1340–1350
PlaceSiena, Italy
MediumTempera and gold leaf on panel
DimensionsPanel: 32 1/8 × 17 3/4 in. (81.6 × 45.1 cm)
Frame: 39 1/4 × 23 3/16 in. (99.7 × 58.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Edith A. and Percy S. Straus Collection
Object number44.564
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
202 Willis Education Gallery
On view

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ProvenancePrivate collection, Scotland, as "Byzantine Madonna;" [Captain R. Langton Douglas, London] [1]; acquired by Edith A. and Percy C. Straus, 1923; bequeathed to MFAH, 1944.

[1] R. Langton Douglas was an art historian and the director of the National Gallery of Ireland, 1916–1923.
Exhibition History“Masterpieces of European Painting from the 15th to 20th Centuries from The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," The Museum of Art, Ehime, Matsuyama, Japan, April 13–May 30, 1999; Chiba Prefectural Art Museum, Japan, June 5–July 11, 1999; Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, Japan, July 17–August 22, 1999; Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan, August 27–October 3, 1999.

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

"Gotico Americano: I Maestri della Madonna Straus dal Museum of Fine Arts di Houston, Texas," Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, September 27, 2018–January 27, 2019.
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