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Virgin and Child
Virgin and Child

Virgin and Child

Artist Sienese School Italian
Datecirca 1445–1455
MediumMarble
Dimensionsoverall: 24 3/8 × 14 5/8 in. (61.9 × 37.1 cm)
frame: 40 1/2 × 29 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (102.9 × 74.9 × 19.1 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina
Object number52.9.225
On View
On view
ProvenancePalazzo Malvezzi, Siena; Dr. Preston P. Satterwhite, New York: French and Co.; purchased by NCMA 1952.
Published ReferencesEighteenth Loan Exhibition of Old Masters (exhibition catalogue) (Detroit: Detroit Institute of Arts, 1938), cat. no. 73, illus.

C. L. Ragghianti, "La Mostra di Scultura Italiana Antica a Detroit (U.S.A.)," Critica d'arte 3 (1938), 182, illus. fig. 58.

W. R. Valentiner, "Opening of Four New Galleries of Early Sculpture and Decorative Arts," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 1, no. 2 (Summer 1957), mentioned 22.

May Davis Hill, "Checklist of Additional Sculptures in the North Carolina Museum of Art," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 2, no. 1 (Summer 1958), listed 33, illus. (b-w) 32.

Masterpieces of Art: in Memory of William R. Valentiner (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1959), cat. no. 8, illus. (b-w) (as by Federighi).
Exhibition HistoryDetroit, MI, The Detroit Institute of Arts, "Eighteenth Loan Exhibition of Old Masters," January 7-February 20, 1938, cat. no. 73, illus.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Masterpieces of Art: In Memory of William R. Valentiner, 1880-1958," April 6-May 17, 1959, cat. no. 8, illus. (b-w) (as by Federighi). Object Rights Statement

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