Benedetto Buglioni
Virgin and Child

Virgin and Child

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Virgin and Child
ArtistItalian (Florentine), 1459/60–1521
ModelerItalian (Florentine), 1472–1501
CultureItalian (Florentine)
Titles
  • Virgin and Child
Datec. 1500–1510
PlaceFlorence, Italy
MediumTin-glazed terracotta
Dimensions17 3/16 × 8 1/2 in. (43.7 × 21.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Edith A. and Percy S. Straus Collection
Object number44.589
Not on view

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Department
Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceMax von Goldschmidt-Rothschild (1843–1940), Frankfurt-am-Main; [Arnold Seligmann, Paris and New York]; purchased by Percy S. Straus on January 13, 1925, from Seligmann; bequeathed to MFAH, 1944.
Exhibition History"The Family," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 29–August 6, 1989.

"Virgin and Child," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 22, 1993–January 1994.

"Call and Response," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 23, 1994–Janaury 1, 1995.
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