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image of Enthroned Madonna and Child
Byzantine 13th Century (artist)
Byzantine, 1200-1299
Enthroned Madonna and Child, 13th century
tempera on panel
Overall: 131.1 x 76.8 cm (51 5/8 x 30 1/4 in.) framed: 130.5 x 77 x 6 cm (51 3/8 x 30 5/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Otto H. Kahn
1949.7.1
From the Tour: Byzantine Art and Painting in Italy during the 1200s and 1300s
Object 1 of 8

1951Einstein, Lewis. Looking at Italian Pictures in the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1951: 12-15, repro., as Enthroned Madonna and Child.
1956Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1956: 7, repro.
1957Shapley, Fern Rusk. Comparisons in Art: A Companion to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. London, 1957 (reprinted 1959): 3-4, pl. 2
1963Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. New York, 1963 (reprinted 1964 in French, German, and Spanish): 64, repro.
1965Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 21
1968European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 14, repro.
1975European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 50, repro.
1979Shapley, Fern Rusk. Catalogue of the Italian Paintings. 2 vols. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1979: I:96-99, II:pl. 66
1982Belting, Hans. "The 'Byzantine' Madonnas: New Facts about Their Italian Origin and Some Observations on Duccio." Studies in the History of Art 12 (1982):8+, repro.
1982Hoenigswald, Ann. "The 'Byzantine' Madonnas: Technical Investigation." Studies in the History of Art 12 (1982):25+, repro.
1984Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. (rev. ed.) New York, 1984: 64, no. 1, color repro.
1985European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 23, repro.
1987Folda, Jaroslav. "The Kahn and Mellon Madonnas: Icons or Altarpieces?" in Research Reports and Record of Activities 7 (1987), National Gallery of Art, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts: 57+
1992National Gallery of Art, Washington. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 10, repro.
1995Folda, Jaroslav. "The Kahn and Mellon Madonnas: Icon or Altarpiece?" in Byzantine East, Latin West. Art-Historical Studies in Honor of Kurt Weitzmann. Princeton, 1995:501+, repro.
1997Cracraft, James. The Petrine Revolution in Russian Imagery, Chicago and London, 1997, no. 1, repro.
1997Dini, Giulietta Chelazzi, and Alessandro Angelini, Bernardina Sani. Sienese Painting From Duccio to the Birth of the Baroque. New York: 1997, 26, 177 n. 16.

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