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Virgin and Child: 1987

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 6 (Upper Marlay): Italian Art 14th-16th centuries

Titles

Virgin and Child

Maker(s)

Painter: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Barberini family (?), Rome; Horatio Granville Murray-Stewart (1834-1904); Charles Ricketts and C.H. Shannon; on loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum, 1933-7

Legal notes

The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

Measurements and weight

Height: 86 cm
Width: 44.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood

School or Style

Italian
Florentine School

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Egg tempera

Components of the work

Support composed of panel (wood)

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Tempera with gold on panel

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: 1987
Primary reference Number: 377
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 7 June 2022 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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