Madonna Adoring the Child, c. 1520

West Building, Main Floor — Gallery 12

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

overall: 20.6 x 16.5 cm (8 1/8 x 6 1/2 in.)

framed: 32.1 x 27.9 x 4.1 cm (12 5/8 x 11 x 1 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1939.1.144

Artists / Makers

Marco Basaiti (artist) Venetian, active 1496 - 1530

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right: M. BASAITI / P., painted over the original signature MARCHVS / BAXAITI P.

Provenance

Contessa di Breganze, Venice.[1] (Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi [1878-1955], Florence and Rome); sold 1934 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York[2]; gift 1939 to NGA.

[1] According to Kress files in NGA curatorial records.

[2] See also The Kress Collection Digital Archive, https://kress.nga.gov/Detail/objects/1320.

Associated Names

Breganze, Contessa di
Contini Bonacossi, Alessandro, Count
Kress Foundation, Samuel H.

Bibliography

1941: Preliminary Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1941: 16-17, no. 255.

1942: Book of Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 244, repro. 64.

1959: Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959: 145, repro.

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 10.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 3, repro.

1968: Shapley, Fern Rusk. Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Italian Schools, XV-XVI Century. London, 1968: 154, fig. 374.

1972: Fredericksen, Burton B., and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections. Cambridge, MA, 1972: 17, 645.

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 18, repro.

1979: Shapley, Fern Rusk. Catalogue of the Italian Paintings. 2 vols. Washington, 1979: 1:29-30; 2: repro. pl. 18.

1984: Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 219, no. 271, color repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 36, repro.