Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist

Artist Andrea del Sarto b. 1486, Florence; d. 1530, Florence

Datecirca 1522

MediumOil on panel

Dimensions23 x 24 1/2 in. (58.4 x 62.2 cm)
Frame: 40 1/2 x 41 1/2 in. (102.9 x 105.4 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina

Object number52.9.167

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ProvenanceProbably Duke of Lerma, Valladolid, by 1603 (see Schroth); Volpi Collection, Florence; Eduard Simon Collection, Berlin (before 1914, when exh. At Kaiser Friedrich Museum, no. 154, illus. - acquired via Bode?); Simon Sale, Cassirer und Helbing, Berlin, October 10, 1929, no. 8 [sold 44,000DM??]; Berlin, Alfred and Gertrud Sommerguth collection-works from this collection (but apparently not the del Sarto) were sold at Hans W. Lange Auktionshaus, Berlin, February 9,1939; seen by Max J. Friedlaender in Amsterdam, April 19, 1946 (as "from the Collection of Ed. Simon"), at which time it is still apparently in the Sommerguth collection (Friedlaender's expertise is signed on Sommerguth stationery); Van Diemen-Lilienfeld Galleries, New York; sold to NCMA, April 8, 1952.

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