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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1923.44
People
Master of Saint Agatha, Italian (1250 - 1275)
Title
Virgin and Child
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Madonna and Child
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
13th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Florence
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/231587

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Tempera on panel
Dimensions
sight: 117 x 62.3 cm (46 1/16 x 24 1/2 in.)
inner frame: 128.5 x 73.1 x 6 cm (50 9/16 x 28 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
outer frame: 136.8 x 81.3 x 12.2 cm (53 7/8 x 32 x 4 13/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, William M. Prichard Fund
Accession Year
1923
Object Number
1923.44
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri, Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1972), p. 217 [as unknown Florence 13th century]
  • Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), pp. 119, 279, repr. b/w cat. no. 471
  • Elena V. Shabliy, ed., Representations of the Blessed Virgin Mary in World Literature and Art, Lexington Books (Lanham, Maryland, 2017)

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