Madonna and Child and the Infant Saint John in a Landscape

1540/1550

Polidoro Lanzani

Painter, Venetian, 1515 - 1565

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On View

West Building Main Floor, Gallery 27

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 27.7 x 58 cm (10 7/8 x 22 13/16 in.)
    framed: 39.05 x 69.21 x 4.44 cm (15 3/8 x 27 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1937.1.36

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Col. Henry Edward Burney [d. 1929], London; (his sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 29 June 1928, no. 126, as by Titian); purchased by Max Rothschild, owner of the Sackville Gallery, London. (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris); purchased February 1930 by Andrew W. Mellon, Pittsburgh;[1] deeded 28 December 1934 to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh;[2] gift 1937 to NGA.
[1] According to Fern Rusk Shapley, Catalogue of the Italian Paintings, 2 vols., Washington, 1979: 1:249-250.
[2] Mellon/Mellon Trust purchase date and/or date deeded to Mellon Trust is according to Mellon collection files in NGA curatorial records and David Finley's notebook (donated to the National Gallery of Art in 1977, now in the Gallery Archives).

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1988

  • The Pastoral Landscape: The Legacy of Venice, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1988-1989, no. 39, fig. 44.

1991

  • Old Master Italian Paintings, Prints and Drawings, Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, Montana, 1991, color repro. in brochure.

1998

  • A Collector's Cabinet, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1998, no. 34.

Bibliography

1941

  • Preliminary Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1941: 196, no. 36, as by Titian.

1942

  • Book of Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 240, repro. 197, as by Titian.

1949

  • Paintings and Sculpture from the Mellon Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1949 (reprinted 1953 and 1958): 34, repro., as by Titian.

1965

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 129, as by Titian.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 116, repro.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 344, repro.

1979

  • Shapley, Fern Rusk. Catalogue of the Italian Paintings. 2 vols. Washington, 1979: 1:249-250; 2:pl. 170.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 199, no. 233, color repro., as by Titian.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 316, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20176232

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