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Virgin and Child
Workshop of: Andrea della Robbia (Italian (Florentine), 1435–1525)
Italian (florence)
Renaissance
about 1500
Object Place: Europe, Tuscany, Italy
Medium/Technique
Glazed terracotta
Dimensions
Overall: 48.3 x 33 x 10.8 cm (19 x 13 x 4 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William C. Endicott in memory of the late Samuel Gray Ward
Accession Number42.4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionWhite-glazed terracotta relief on blue glazed background. Same composition as roundel on Trinity altarpiece, Arezzo, Cathedral, 1485. Other versions, for example, in private collection, Florence; see G. Gentilini, "I Della Robbia. La scultura invetriata nel Rinascimento," Florence 1993, p. 186, and private collection, Modena; see exhibition catalogue "I Della Robbia e l'"arte nuova" della scultura invetriata" Fiesole, 1998, pp. 198-199.
ProvenanceBy early 1870s, Samuel Gray Ward, Washington [see note 1]; by inheritance to his son, Thomas W. Ward, New York [see note 2]. By 1912, William C. Endicott, Boston [see previous note]; 1942, bequest of William C. Endicott to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 8, 1942)
Notes:
[1] According to notes on back of undated photo in the MFA curatorial file, Samuel Gray Ward purchased the work in Florence, from an unnamed Florentine palace. [2] See A. Marquand, Della Robbias in America (Princeton, 1912), pp. 36,45, who publishes the relief as in the William C. Endicott collection, Boston.
Notes:
[1] According to notes on back of undated photo in the MFA curatorial file, Samuel Gray Ward purchased the work in Florence, from an unnamed Florentine palace. [2] See A. Marquand, Della Robbias in America (Princeton, 1912), pp. 36,45, who publishes the relief as in the William C. Endicott collection, Boston.
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