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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1930.204
People
Unidentified Artist
After Giovanni della Robbia, Italian (1469 - 1529)
Title
Virgin and Child
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Madonna and Child
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
19th Century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/231848

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Glazed majolica
Dimensions
75.8 x 33.2 x 24 cm (29 13/16 x 13 1/16 x 9 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Luigi Grassi, Florence, Italy, sold; [Grassi estate sale, American Art Association, NY, 1927]; to Fred L. Stephens for $5,100, sold;* ?to Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi, 1927, sold; to Aaron and Nettie Naumburg, for $17,500, 1927, inherited; by Nettie G. Naumburg, 1928, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1930.

*See "Grassi Sale Total goes to $265, 415," New York Times, p. E8, January 23, 1927.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Nettie G. Naumburg
Accession Year
1930
Object Number
1930.204
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Italian Art: The Collection of Professor Luigi Grassi, auct. cat. (New York, January 20-22, 1927), Introduction, p. 262, n. 563
  • [Unidentified article on Christmas], Harvard Business School Bulletin (Cambridge MA, December 1958), repr. in b/w

Verification Level

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