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Childbirth tray (desco da parto): The Triumph of Chastity (recto); Naked Boys with Poppy Pods (verso)
Childbirth tray (desco da parto): The Triumph of Chastity (recto); Naked Boys with Poppy Pods (verso)

Childbirth tray (desco da parto): The Triumph of Chastity (recto); Naked Boys with Poppy Pods (verso)

Artist Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso b. 1415/1417, Florence; d. 1465, Florence
Artist Marco del Buono di Marco b, 1402, Florence; d. 1489, Florence
Datecirca 1450–1460
MediumTempera and gold leaf on panel
Dimensions23 x 23 1/4 in. (58.4 x 59.1 cm)
Frame: 26 x 26 1/4 x 4 in. (66 x 66.7 x 10.2 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Object numberGL.60.17.23/a-b
On View
On view
Provenance[Possibly Rev. Walter Davenport Bromley collection; sold Christie, Manson & Woods, London, June [12-]13, 1863: no. 152 "A. Pollaiuolo. A Triumph, with female captives. From the Capponi Palace, Florence, in its original frame, with the arms of the family, " bought by Lord Ashburton (Bath House, according to Getty annotated copy] Collection of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, London; sold, T. G. Wharton, Martin & Co., London [Chelsea], Auction Catalogue of the Household & Decorative Furniture for Dante G. Rossetti, deceased, July 15, 1882 [cat. no. 319, p. 18]; Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi, Florence; Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York, 1937; gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation to the NCMA, 1961.
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