The Swaddled Christ Child (fragment of a Nativity)
Master of Le Palazze
(Italian (Umbrian), active in late 13th or early 14th century)
Medium/TechniqueFresco, transferred to canvas
Dimensions43.7 x 50.5 cm (17 3/16 x 19 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of René Gimpel
Accession number24.115
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NOTES:
[1] On the history of the frescoes, see Martin Davies, "European Paintings in the Collection of the Worcester Art Museum" (1974), p. 471; and Tomasso di Carpegna Falconieri and Grazia Maria Fachechi, Gli Affreschi delle Palazze -- The Palazze Frescoes (Rome: Gangemi, [2017]), esp. Cristiano Giometti, "La notifica non è stata mai fatta," pp. 196-209.
[2] For this information, Davies (as above, n. 1), p. 474, n. 60, citing a typescript in the files of the Worcester Art Museum, "probably a copy of information supplied in 1948 by Professor Achille Bertini Calosso, Soprintendente ai Monumenti e alle Gallerie dell'Umbria at Perugia."
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