Virgin and Child

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Maker

Follower of

1435-1488

Title

Virgin and Child

Date of Production

(circa) 1475 - 1480

Medium

tempera and oil on panel

Dimensions

Height: 77.3 cm (panel)
Width: 57.1 cm (panel)

Object Number

P.1966.GP.312

Mode of Acquisition

Gambier-Parry, bequest, 1966

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

The Virgin lovingly looks down at the Christ Child and steadies him on the parapet, as he holds his hand up in blessing.
The identity of the painter remains an enigma. The pose of the Madonna and Child is indebted to the Florentine painter and sculptor Andrea Verrocchio, though the name of the Umbrian artist Luca Signorelli has recently been suggested. Other details, such as the Virgin’s eyes, the marble pillar on the left and the landscape, recall late fifteenth-century Flemish painting.

Provenance

Gambier-Parry Bequest 1966

Exhibition History

Luca Signorelli, Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia, 27/04/2012-26/08/2012
Pietro Perugino - Raphael's Master, Altepinakothek & Munich & Germany, 12/10/2011-15/01/2012
The Gambier-Parry Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1967

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