Benedetto Buglioni
Virgin and Child

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ArtistWorkshop of Benedetto Buglioni (Italian (Florentine), 1459/60–1521)Italian (Florentine), 1459/60–1521

ModelerModel attributed to Leonardo del Tasso (Italian (Florentine), 1472–1501)Italian (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

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Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

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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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