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Virgin and Child
Ugolino di Nerio (Italian (Sienese), active in 1317–1339)
about 1325–30
Medium/Technique
Tempera on panel
Dimensions
81.4 x 52.1 cm (32 1/16 x 20 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Walter Scott Fitz
Accession Number16.65
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
Now framed as a single panel, this painting was probably originally the central section of a polyptych (a multi-panel altarpiece), with paintings of individual saints displayed in flanking compartments. The present shape and frame may date from the seventeenth century; an inscription on the back of the panel states that "this painting of the Madonna of Mercy was restored by the priest Angelo Sirigatti in the year 1630." Much of the gilding is modern
Provenance1630, restored by Angelo Sirigatti [see note 1]. 1916, Rodolfo Colafranceschi (dealer), Rome; 1916, sold by Colafranceschi, through Philip J. Gentner, Worcester, MA, to Mrs. W. Scott Fitz (Henrietta Goddard Wigglesworth) (b. 1847 - d. 1927), Boston; 1916, gift of Mrs. W. Scott Fitz to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 6, 1916)
NOTES:
[1] The reverse of the panel is inscribed: "Questa Madonna del soccorso restavro il prete Angelo Sirigatti lanno 1630" (The priest Angelo Sirigatti restored this painting of the Madonna of Mercy in 1630).
NOTES:
[1] The reverse of the panel is inscribed: "Questa Madonna del soccorso restavro il prete Angelo Sirigatti lanno 1630" (The priest Angelo Sirigatti restored this painting of the Madonna of Mercy in 1630).