Virgin and Child with Saint John
Follower of Andrea del Verrocchio
Artist
Related Artist, Florentine, c. 1435 - 1488
West Building Main Floor, Gallery 9
Artwork overview
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Medium
painted terracotta
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 75.7 × 57.2 cm (29 13/16 × 22 1/2 in.)
framed: 122.71 × 102.55 × 12.07 cm (48 5/16 × 40 3/8 × 4 3/4 in.)
framed weight: 155 lb. (70.308 kg) -
Accession Number
1942.9.147
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Lowengard, Paris); sold 23 August 1905 to Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania;[1] inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.
[1] Acquisition date and source according to Widener card file in NGA curatorial records.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2019
Verrocchio: Sculptor and Painter of Renaissance Florence, Palazzo Strozzi and Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence (as Verrocchio: Master of Leonardo); National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019-2020, Florence catalogue, no. 6.9, repro., as a Florentine pupil of Verrocchio active in Rome, possibly Michele Marini da Fiesole; not in Washington catalogue.
Bibliography
1915
Sirén, Osvalt. "Some sculptures from Verrocchio's workshop." Art in America 3, n. 2 (February 1915): 60-61, fig. 6.
1928
Valentiner, Wilhelm R. "The Italian Renaissance Sculptures of the Widener Collection." Art News 26, no. 28 (14 April 1928): 16, pl. 7.
1930
Westheim, Paul, ed. "Achtung, Falschkunst! Fälscher und Kenner." Das Kunstblatt 14 (July 1930): 196, repro.
1942
Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 9.
1948
Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 (reprinted 1959): 122, repro.
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 173.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 153, repro.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 233, repro.
2014
Bologna, Ferdinando. Saturnino Gatti. Pittore e scultore nel Rinascimento aquilano. L’Aquila, 2014: 68-69, 186 (notes), repro. 40, 41, 43, 222, 224, 230-231, 291, 296-297, attributed to Francesco Trugii of Florence.
2024
Delpriori, Alessandro. Rinascimento in Appennino: sculture Abruzzesi tra Quattro e Cinquecento. Perugia, 2024: 17, 18, 20 , fig. 15, as possibly Michele Marini da Fiesole.
Wikidata ID
Q63809417