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Virgin and Child Enthroned

(Spanish (Valencian), documented 1402–1452)
(Spanish (Valencian), active in 1393–1410)
Medium/TechniqueTempera on panel
Dimensions194.6 x 87.6 cm (76 5/8 x 34 1/2 in.)
Credit LineHerbert James Pratt Fund
Accession number37.328
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1909 until at least 1922, Celesti Dupont (dealer, b. 1859 - d. 1940), Barcelona [see note 1]. Private collection, Barcelona [see note 2]. Count Capogrossi-Guarna, Rome [see note 3]. 1936, A. S. Drey, New York; 1937, Paul Drey, New York; 1937, sold by Drey to the MFA for $2750. (Accession Date: April 1, 1937)

NOTES:
[1] See Clara Beltrán Catalán, "L'antiquari Celestí Dupont (1859-1940). Col-leccionisme i comerç d'art a la Catalunya entre els segles XIX i XX," in Col-leccionistes, antiquaris, falsificadors i museus, ed. B. Bassegoda and I. Domènech (Barcelona, 2016), p. 106. [2] Chandler Rathfon Post, A History of Spanish Painting, vol. 5 (Cambridge, 1934), p. 282. [3] According to dealer Paul Drey at the time of acquisition.
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