Madonna and Child

c. 1860/1900

Florentine 19th Century, after Gregorio di Lorenzo (Master of the Marble Madonnas)

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    marble

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 88.1 x 64.3 x 21.3 cm (34 11/16 x 25 5/16 x 8 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1960.5.9

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Conte Bombicci-Pontelli, Florence. Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi [1878-1955], Florence and Rome. Acquired 1948 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1960 to NGA.[1]
[1]Provenance according to Ulrich Middeldorf, Complete Catalogue of the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Sculptures XIV-XIX Century, 1976, p. 29.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1956

  • Paintings and Sculpture from the Kress Collection Acquired by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation 1951-56. Introduction by John Walker, text by William E. Suida and Fern Rusk Shapley. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1956: 226, no. 90, repro., as by Tommaso Fiamberti.

1959

  • Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959: 410, repro., as by Tommaso Fiamberti.

1965

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 154, as by Fiamberti.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 137, repro., as by Fiamberti.

1976

  • Middeldorf, Ulrich. Sculptures from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Schools XIV-XIX Century. London, 1976: 29.

1994

  • Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 89, repro.

1999

  • Norman Herz, Katherine A. Holbrow and Shelley G. Sturman. "Marble Sculture in the National Gallery of Art: a Provenance Study." In Max Schvoerer, ed. Archéomatériaux: marbres et autres roches: ASMOSIA IV, Bordeaux, France 9-13 october 1995: actes de la IVème Conférence international de l’Association pour l’étude des marbres et autres roches utilizes dans le passé. Talence, 1999: 101-110.

2010

  • Bellandi, Alfredo. Gregorio di Lorenzo: Il Maestro delle Madonne di Marmo. Morbio Inferiore, 2010: 69, 80 fig. 73, 333, 334, no. III.1.47, 354.

Wikidata ID

Q63854422

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