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CultureItalian (Florentine)
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  • Virgin and Child
Datec. 1440–1480
PlaceFlorence, Italy
MediumTin-glazed terracotta
Dimensions12 in. diameter (30.5 cm)
Frame: 17 1/2 in. diameter (44.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Edith A. and Percy S. Straus Collection
Object number44.598
Not on view

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ProvenanceAlessandro Contini Bonacossi (1878–1955), Rome; purchased by Percy S. Straus from Contini on March 25, 1925; bequeathed to MFAH, 1944.
Exhibition History"Depictions of the Advent in Early European Art," Tyler Museum of Art, Texas, December 12, 1982–February 6, 1983.

"Passion for Perfection: The Straus Collection of Renaissance Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 21, 2017–June 17, 2018.
Published References "Catalogue of the Edith A. and Percy S. Straus Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1945
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