Madonna Adoring the Child
Madonna Adoring the Child
- Artist
- Follower of Giovanni di Paolo
- Artist Dates
- c. 1403-1482
- Artist Nationality
- Italian
- Title
- Madonna Adoring the Child
- Date
- c. 1480
- Medium
- tempera and gold leaf on panel
- Dimensions
- 60 x 44.8 cm (23-5/8 x 17-5/8 in)
- K Number
- K1142
- Repository
- Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor
- Accession Number
- A1961.17.3
- Notes
Provenance
Paul Braunschweig [1884-1933], Hamburg; (his estate sale, Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, 2 March 1935, no. 29, repro.). (Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi [1878-1955], Rome-Florence); sold to Samuel H. Kress [1863-1955] on 16 September 1938 ; gift to the Staten Island Museum in 1961, no. A1961.17.3
Catalogue Entry
Follower of Giovanni di Paolo
Madonna Adoring the Child
K1142
Staten Island, N.Y., Institute of Arts and Sciences, Study Collection (61-17.3), since 1961. Wood. 23 5/8 x 17 5/8 in. (60 x 44.8 cm.). Inscribed on the Child's scroll: EGO SVM (from John 8:12). Very good condition. This has been attributed to Giovanni himself,(1) in his late period, but may have been painted about 1480 by a follower, perhaps under Florentine influence, attempting to give greater refmement to his master's types. Provenance: Contini Bonacossi, Florence. Kress acquisition, 1938.
References
(1) K1142 has been attributed to Giovanni di Paolo by G. Fiocco, R. Longhi, W. E. Suida, and A. Venturi (in ms. opinions); to an anonymous Sienese artist by F. M. Perkins (in ms. opinion); and to a follower of Pesellino by B. Berenson (in Dedalo, vol. XII, 1932, p. 682); it is omitted, however, from the 1963 edition of Berenson's Florentine lists, perhaps indicating an intention to include it under the Sienese School.