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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1930.202
People
School of Luca della Robbia, Italian (Florence, Italy 1400 - 1482 Florence, Italy)
Title
Virgin Adoring the Christ Child
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
relief, sculpture
Date
15th-16th centuries?
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/231832

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Polychromed stucco
Technique
Stucco
Dimensions
45.2 x 35.9 x 7.8 cm (17 13/16 x 14 1/8 x 3 1/16 in.)
frame: 78 x 67.5 x 7.8 cm (30 11/16 x 26 9/16 x 3 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • gallery label: back of frame, paper, ink, typed?: No. 7076
  • label: back of frame, ink, handwritten: [partial transcription:] ... a masterpiece of the old Luca della Robbia. The preservation of the old color is extraordinary. The frame is also of the old epoc [sic] and has been covered with the design of the said Luca.
  • label: back of frame, ink: [compares this work to no. 349 in the Bardini Collection catalogue, now at the Metropolitan Museum]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Adolph Thiem, San Remo], sold?; to [Galleria Sangiorgi, Rome], sold?; to Nettie G. Naumburg, New York, 1925, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1930

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Nettie G. Naumburg
Accession Year
1930
Object Number
1930.202
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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