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Virgin and Child in a Landscape
(Baroque Europe )
A watercolor drawing dated 1503 (in the Albertina, Vienna) by the German master Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) was the source for the composition, but the style is from around 1600 at which time there was a kind of "Dürer revival" in Germany and the Netherlands The drawing was then owned by Emperor Rudolf II in Prague who commissioned copies or adaptations from artists at his court. Painting on copper creates an enamel-like surface that satisfied collector's taste for refinement. The idyllic image of the Virgin playing with the infant Christ in a landscape full of varied detail was popular in the early 1500s when landscapes began their evolution from just background to independent compositions.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| Examination | examined for condition | |
| 1/1/1900 | Examination | examined for condition |
| 11/8/1943 | Treatment | cleaned; loss compensation; coated |
| 11/8/1943 | Treatment | coated; inpainted; surface cleaned; varnish removed or reduced |
| 6/1/1971 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 8/24/1990 | Examination | examined for condition |
| 9/1/1992 | Treatment | cleaned; loss compensation; coated |
Geographies
Czech Republic, Prague (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 10 1/2 x W: 7 13/16 in. (26.7 x 19.9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.383