Virgin and Child
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Image: Courtauld
Image: Courtauld
Maker
Follower of
1435-1488
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)
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.
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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