Desiderio da Settignano (artist) Italian, c. 1429 - 1464 The Christ Child (?), c. 1460 marble overall: 30.5 x 26.5 x 16.3 cm (12 x 10 7/16 x 6 7/16 in.) Samuel H. Kress Collection 1943.4.94 On View

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Provenance

Oratory of S. Francesco dei Vanchettoni, Florence; sold 1940 to Eugenio Venturi, Florence, probably for (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris);[1] purchased 1942 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[2] gift 1943 to NGA.

[1] Walter Paatz, Die Kirchen von Florenz: Ein Kunstgeschichtliches Handbuch, 6 vols., Frankfurt, 1940: 2:137, no. 16.

[2] Documents from the Kress Foundation, now in NGA curatorial files, indicate that Kress was considering the acquisition of the sculpture as early as 1940.

Associated Names

• Duveen Brothers, Inc.
• Kress Foundation, Samuel H. (K1309)
• Oratory of S. Francesco dei Vanchettoni
• Venturi, Eugenio

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