Virgin and Child
Bartolomeo Bellano
(Italian (Padua), 1437–1496/7)
Giovanni Bastianini
(Italian (Florence), 1830–1868)
about 1480–1496–97
Object PlaceFlorence, Italy
Medium/TechniqueMarble; gilded wood frame
DimensionsFramed: 76 x 55 x 12 cm (29 15/16 x 21 5/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
Mount (Two aluminum cleats .009" thick): 4.4 x 54.9 cm (1 3/4 x 21 5/8 in.)
Mount (Two aluminum cleats .009" thick): 4.4 x 54.9 cm (1 3/4 x 21 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Quincy Adams Shaw through Quincy Adams Shaw, Jr., and Mrs. Marian Shaw Haughton
Accession number17.1472
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1888, Quincy Adams Shaw (b. 1825 - d. 1908), Boston [see note 1]; 1917, gift of Quincy Adams Shaw, through Quincy Adams Shaw Jr., and Mrs. Marian Shaw Haughton, to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 29, 1917)
NOTES:
[1] This is probably the object in the Shaw collection described as a high marble relief showing strong Paduan influence, depicting the Madonna and Child at half length. See F. Harck, "Aus amerikanischen Galerien," Repertorium für Kunstwissenschaft 11 (1888), p. 81.
NOTES:
[1] This is probably the object in the Shaw collection described as a high marble relief showing strong Paduan influence, depicting the Madonna and Child at half length. See F. Harck, "Aus amerikanischen Galerien," Repertorium für Kunstwissenschaft 11 (1888), p. 81.
mid-19th century?
late 18th century
early 20th century
