Madonna Nursing the Christ Child, with Angels and Two Donors

Description Conservation Provenance Inscription Credit

Description The motif of the Christ Child playing with his foot while he nurses is quite charming. An attribution to Niccolo da Voltri has also been suggested.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
6/26/1939	Treatment	cleaned; inpainted; loss compensation; stabilized; surface cleaned; varnish removed or reduced

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911 [mode of acquisition unknown] [through Berenson]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Transcription] At the bottom between the two donors: HO[C] OP[V]S. FECIT FI[ERI]...RB.T...R...; [Translation] This work was commissioned...; [Transcription] In the Virgin's halo: AVE GRATIA PLENA.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1911

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Creator

Attributed to Francesco Andrea di Anguilla (Italian, active 1410-1434) (Painter)

Period

ca. 1410 (Renaissance)

Medium

tempera and gold on wood panel
(Painting & Drawing)

Accession Number

37.443

Measurements

H with modern frame in which the painting is encased: 45 7/8 x W: 30 1/2 x Approx. D: 7/16 in. (116.5 x 77.4 x 1.1 cm); Painted surface H including pastiglia ornament of the original frame: 40 x W: 23 11/16 in. (101.6 x 60.2 cm); Estimated H of original panel: 42 1/8 x W: 24 3/16 in. (107 x 61.5 cm)

Geographies

Italy, Lucca (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View