1930.202: Virgin Adoring the Christ Child

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1930.202

People

School of Luca della Robbia, Italian (Florence, Italy 1400 - 1482 Florence, Italy)

Title

Virgin Adoring the Christ Child

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

relief, sculpture

Date

15th-16th centuries?

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/231832

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Polychromed stucco

Technique

Stucco

Dimensions

45.2 x 35.9 x 7.8 cm (17 13/16 x 14 1/8 x 3 1/16 in.)
frame: 78 x 67.5 x 7.8 cm (30 11/16 x 26 9/16 x 3 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• gallery label: back of frame, paper, ink, typed?: No. 7076
• label: back of frame, ink, handwritten: [partial transcription:] ... a masterpiece of the old Luca della Robbia. The preservation of the old color is extraordinary. The frame is also of the old epoc [sic] and has been covered with the design of the said Luca.
• label: back of frame, ink: [compares this work to no. 349 in the Bardini Collection catalogue, now at the Metropolitan Museum]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Adolph Thiem, San Remo], sold?; to [Galleria Sangiorgi, Rome], sold?; to Nettie G. Naumburg, New York, 1925, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1930

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Nettie G. Naumburg

Accession Year

1930

Object Number

1930.202

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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