Madonna and Child

Datec. 1500

Object PlaceItaly, Southern Europe, Europe

MediumTempera on panel

ClassificationsPaintings

Dimensions25 1/2 × 31 3/4 inches (64.77 × 80.65 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Eleanor Clay Ford

Object number77.3

DescriptionThree quarter length, seated Madonna wearing a blue mantle with gold trim and a rose-colored dress, holds the Christ Child on her lap. She has a gold stella maris on her left shoulder. The Child is looking back over His shoulder. Landscape with blue sky in background.

On View

On view

Locations

Exhibition Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Level 3, European Paintings, Gallery 2

ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of: Perugia, Collection Francesco Baglioni, 1784; Florence, Giovanni Metzgar, (dealer) [acquired from F. Baglioni] 1828; Bavaria, Collection Ludwig I, King of Bavaria, 1831; placed on deposit at the Alte Pinakothek, Munich, 1850; Munich, Drey, (dealer) [sold by exchange], 1925; London/New York, Duveen Bros., (dealer), 1925; New York, Collection John D. Rockefeller, Jr. acquired from Duveen in 1927; London/New York, Duveen Bros., (dealer) [sold by exchange], 1930; Detroit, Collection Mr. and Mrs. Edsel B. Ford, 1932; bequeathed by Eleanor Clay Ford, [Mrs. Edsel Ford] to The Detroit Institute of Arts, 1977.