Madonna and Child with Saints

late 15th - early 16th century

Moderno

Artist, Veronese, 1467 - 1528

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West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G16

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 10.81 × 6.12 cm (4 1/4 × 2 7/16 in.)
    gross weight: 108.43 gr (0.239 lb.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.246

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Oscar Hainauer [d. 1894], Berlin; his wife, Julie Hainauer, Berlin; acquired 1906 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); by exchange 21 October 1920 to Joseph E. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1897

  • Bode, Wilhelm von, ed. Die Sammlung Oscar Hainauer / The Collection of Oscar Hainauer. [bound as one volume, English and German pages interleaved in one page sequence] Berlin, 1897 and London, 1906: no. 255.

1908

  • A Cabinet of One Hundred & Thirty-Three Bronze Plaques and Medals of the Renaissance Period from the Collection of the Late Herr Oscar Hainauer of Berlin. Ed. Duveen Brothers. London, n.d. (but 1908): no. 19, repro.

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 15.

1989

  • Lewis, Douglas. "The Plaquettes of 'Moderno' and His Followers." Studies in the History of Art 22 (1989): 114-115, repro.

Inscriptions

lower center reverse, partially obscured by soldered attachment of former pax handle: SG.S.A. / HOC O[PUS].MO / DE[RNI] / .[C.C]. (Saint Jerome; Saint Anthony; The coworkers of Moderno made this)

Markings

Reverse bears former inventory number 19. in white paint (Hainauer/Duveen 1908).

Wikidata ID

Q63809918

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