Carlo Dolci
Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

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Artist Carlo Dolci Italian (Florentine), 1616–1687

CultureItalian

Titles

Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Datec. 1635

PlaceItaly

MediumOil on wood

DimensionsPanel: 31 1/8 × 31 1/8 in. (79.1 × 79.1 cm)
Frame: 37 5/8 × 38 × 2 1/2 in. (95.6 × 96.5 × 6.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Herbert Godwin

Object number46.28

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Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenancePossibly painted for the nobleman and collector Giovanni Francesco Grazzini; Lord Guydir, England, 1825; sale to Mr. Neeld, Neeld Collection, Grittleton House, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, until 1945; [sale to David M. Koester Gallery, New York]; sale to Mr. Herbert Godwin through [Marquis d’ Oyley Galleries of Houston, 1946]; gift of Herbert Godwin to MFAH, 1946.
Exhibition History"Depictions of the Advent in Early European Art," Tyler Museum of Art, Texas, December 12, 1982–February 6, 1983.

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

"The Medici’s Painter: Carlo Dolci and 17th-Century Florence," Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, August 24, 2017–January 14, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

The Latin inscription on the ribbon entwined around St. John's cross translates: "Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world"

Printed labels on verso top stretcher:

Arnold Wiggins & Sons / Limited 4. Bury Street / St James's / London SW1 / Picture Frame Makers / Carvers and Gilders (label flanked with maker's esutcheon)

(logo) Thermo Lignum / This object has been treated with the patented / environmentally-friendly THERMO LIGNUM process. / We guarantee that it has been completely freed from infestations without the use of / chemicals / Date: (in ink) 22.5.2000 Invoice No. 1010 / Carocci (?) gilded / frame (initialed) / For and on behalf of Thermo Lignum UK Ltd

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