Madonna and Child
CultureItalian
Date15th century
MediumTerracotta
DimensionsOverall: 47 × 32 1/2 inches (119.38 × 82.55 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number41-7
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DescriptionSeated Madonna holds child seated on a cushion holding dove in both hands. Four angels and dove in background and hands of God and Holy Ghost above. Two cherub heads in upper corner of arched frame.Exhibition HistoryN/A
With William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951), San Simeon, CA, by 1941;
Purchased from Gimbel Brothers, New York, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1941.
Art Objects and Furnishings from the William Randolph Hearst Collection: Catalogue Raisonné Comprising Illustrations of Representative Works Together with Comprehensive Descriptions of Books, Autographs and Manuscripts and Complete Index (New York: William Bradford Press, 1941), 52, (repro.), as Madonna and Child.
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Giuseppe Cesari, called Il Cavaliere d'Arpino
1608/1609
91-14
