The Virgin and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist and Three Angels

Cristofano di Michele Martini, called il Robetta (Italian, 1462–after 1534)

about 1500-1520

Medium/TechniqueEngraving

DimensionsSheet: 21.2 × 17.8 cm (8 3/8 × 7 in.)(lacking c. 25-30 mm at the top, c. 7-9 mm at the bottom, and c. 4 mm at the right; trimmed on or slightly within the borderline at the left)

Credit LineSpecial Print Fund

Accession numberM27833

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ProvenanceDr. Edward Peart (b. 1756 or 1758 - d. 1824; Lugt 892), London and Butterwick; before 1825, Thomas Lloyd (b. about 1757 - d. 1843), perhaps London; July 1-7, 1825, his sale, George Jones (auctioneer), London, lot 960. John Rushout, 2nd Baron of Northwick (b. 1770 - d. 1859), Northwick Park, Worcester, and Thirlestane House, Gloucestershire; 1859, by inheritance to his nephew George Rushout, 3rd Baron of Northwick (b. 1811 - d. 1887); 1887, by inheritance to his widow, Elizabeth Augusta Warburton Rushout, Lady Northwick (b. 1832 - d. 1912), Northwick Park; 1912, by inheritance to her grandson, Captain Edward Georges Spencer-Churchill (b. 1876 - d. 1964), Northwick Park; May 28, 1918, sold by Captain Spencer-Churchill, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, lot 78; 1918, purchased from that sale by the MFA through P. & D. Colnaghi and Obach (dealers, London) for £3.06. (Accession Date: May 1, 1918)