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.
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