Virgin and Child
Ambrogio Lorenzetti
(Italian (Sienese), active in 1317–1348)
late 1330s–early 1340s
Medium/TechniqueTempera on panel
Dimensions75.5 x 45.4 cm (29 3/4 x 17 7/8 in.)
Credit LineCharles Potter Kling Fund
Accession number39.536
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPaintings
Collections
Provenance19th century, Griccioli family, Monastero di Sant'Eugenio, Costafabbri (near Siena), Italy [see note 1]; 1904, sold by the Griccioli family to Dan Fellows Platt (b. 1873 - d. 1938), Englewood, NJ; 1938, by inheritance to his widow, Ethel Bliss (Mrs. Dan Fellows) Platt (b. 1881- d. 1971), Englewood, NJ; 1939, sold by Ethel Bliss Platt to the MFA for $15,000. (Accession Date: March 9, 1939)
NOTES:
[1] The abbey church of Sant'Eugenio, closed during the second half of the 18th century, was acquired by the Griccioli family in 1812 and used as a villa.
NOTES:
[1] The abbey church of Sant'Eugenio, closed during the second half of the 18th century, was acquired by the Griccioli family in 1812 and used as a villa.
Giotto di Bondone (Ambrogio Bondone Giotto)
Unidentified artist, Russian (Palekh School), 18th century
Unidentified artist, Greek (Veneto-Cretan), 16th century
Argonaut Master
last third of the 15th century
Master of the Bracciolini Chapel
1420s
