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Virgin and Child
Virgin and Child

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 view
ClassificationsSculpture
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.
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