The Virgin Nursing the Christ Child

Artist Guido Reni Italian, 1575–1642

Datecirca 1628–1630

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions45 x 36 in. (114.3 x 91.4 cm)
Frame: 61 7/8 x 53 3/8 in. (157.2 x 135.6 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Humber in memory of their daughter, Eileen Genevieve

Object numberG.55.12.1

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Provenance[possibly Contessa Vittoria Colonna, Rome; by descent to her son] Don Juan Alfonso Enríquez de Cabrera, Fifth Duke of Medina de Rioseco, 8th Count of Melgar, 9th First Admiral of Castille, Gentleman of the chamber to Philip IV [Spanish ambassador to Rome/Holy See; Philip IV, King of Spain, perhaps between 1646 and 1657; Royal chapel, Escorial, by 1657; [given by “King Joseph Bonaparte to General Sebastiani (Gen. Horace François Bastien, Baron Sebastiani (1772–1851)]; Cavalieri Vincenzo Camuccini (1771–1884); Samuel Woodburn (1786–1853), London, who sold it to; Robert Stayner Holford (1808–1892), Westonbirt, Gloucestershire and Dorchester House, Park Lane, London, England, by 1839; by descent to his son Sir George Lindsay Holford (1860–1926); sold at Christie’s, July 15, 1927, lot 69, as Benedetto Luti [“previously called Guido Reni, and now ascribed to Benedetto Luti by Venturi”] to Thirle (?); Christie’s, London December 18, 1953, lot 87 [bought in?], and March 5, 1954, lot 554, sold; [Adolfo?] Werner, [Milan]; David M. Koetser, New York, by October 1954; sold to NCMA, 1955.

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