The Virgin and Child | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1948.101
People: Edward Waldo Forbes, American (Naushon Island, MA 1873 - 1969 Belmont, MA)
Unidentified Artist
After Duccio di Buoninsegna, Italian (active c. 1278 - died 1319)
After Segna di Bonaventura, Italian, Sienese (1298 - 1331)
Title: The Virgin and Child
Classification: Paintings
Work Type: painting
Date: c. 1901-1948
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/229005

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Tempera on arched panel
Dimensions: 22.86 x 15.24 cm (9 x 6 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Edward Waldo Forbes, Belmont, Massachusetts, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1948.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edward W. Forbes
Copyright: © Estate of Edward Forbes
Accession Year: 1948
Object Number: 1948.101
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 106

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