Virgin and Child
about 1400
Object PlaceItaly
Medium/TechniquePolychromed wood
Dimensions64.77 cm (25 1/2 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Charles Bain Hoyt
Accession number50.2302
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceJuly 20, 1925, sold by Lucerne Fine Art Co., Ltd., Lucerne, to Charles Bain Hoyt (b. 1889 - d. 1949), Katonah, NY and Boston [see note 1]; 1950, bequest of Chalres Bain Hoyt to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 11, 1950)
NOTES:
[1] First lent by Hoyt to the MFA on January 20, 1949, this sculpture is probably the wooden Madonna and Child sold to him in 1925, which was described as being from Bologna and dating before 1400.
NOTES:
[1] First lent by Hoyt to the MFA on January 20, 1949, this sculpture is probably the wooden Madonna and Child sold to him in 1925, which was described as being from Bologna and dating before 1400.
17th century
1700–67
1750–1800
about 1750
signed and dated 1475: "Jua de cordoba me pito A.D. MIIIILXXV"
early 16th century
about 1440
about 1520
17th century
16th century
possibly mid-15th century
about 1500