Virgin and Child
sculptorWorkshop of
Antonio Rossellino
(1427 - 1479)
Dateabout 1480
Place MadeFlorence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
MediumPolychromed stucco (with some gilding in the veil)
Dimensions25.5 x 34.5 x 18 cm (10 1/16 x 13 9/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS27e34
eMuseum ID727812
EmbARK ObjectID12504
TMS Source ID1610
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
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BibliographyNotesA. Genolini. Catalogo della Collezione Baslini di Milano... (Milan, 26 November 1888), pp. 76, 78, lot 965, pl. 32. (as school of Donatello)
Art Exhibition: Mrs. John L. Gardner, 152 Beacon St., Boston. Exh. cat. (Boston, 1899), p. 6, no. 8. (as by Donatello)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston: 1935), p. 247. (as probably Florentine, 1st half of the 15th century; school of Ghiberti?)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 112, no. 140. (as workshop of Antonio Rossellino, about 1480)
Art Exhibition: Mrs. John L. Gardner, 152 Beacon St., Boston. Exh. cat. (Boston, 1899), p. 6, no. 8. (as by Donatello)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston: 1935), p. 247. (as probably Florentine, 1st half of the 15th century; school of Ghiberti?)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 112, no. 140. (as workshop of Antonio Rossellino, about 1480)
ProvenanceNotesCollection of the antiquarian Giuseppe Baslini (d. 1888), Milan.
Purchased by the collector and dealer Michelangelo Guggenheim (1837-1914), Venice at the Baslini sale, lot 965, on 26 November 1888.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Michelangelo Guggenheim, Venice for 1,175 francs on 27 July 1892.
Purchased by the collector and dealer Michelangelo Guggenheim (1837-1914), Venice at the Baslini sale, lot 965, on 26 November 1888.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Michelangelo Guggenheim, Venice for 1,175 francs on 27 July 1892.
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