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Virgin and Child

Ambrogio Lorenzetti (Italian (Sienese), active in 1317–1348)
late 1330s–early 1340s

Medium/Technique Tempera on panel
Dimensions 75.5 x 45.4 cm (29 3/4 x 17 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Charles Potter Kling Fund
Accession Number39.536
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings

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.