Virgin adoring the Child: M.14

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

Titles

Virgin adoring the Child

Maker(s)

Painter: Master of the Castello Nativity

Entities

Painting

Categories

Painting

Measurements and weight

Height: 87 cm
Width: 59 cm

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

Circa 1460 - 1465

School or Style

Italian
Florentine School

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Oil glazes
Egg tempera
Gold

Components of the work

Support composed of panel (wood)

Techniques used in production

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

References and bibliographic entries

[Unknown; Illustrated London News; 1960] page(s): 283
Catalogue of Pictures in the Marlay Bequest, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Art in America page(s): 120
Catalogue of Paintings in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Italian School page(s): 101-102

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Identification numbers

Accession number: M.14
Primary reference Number: 530
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 22 September 2022

Associated departments & institutions

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

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            The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022) "Virgin adoring the Child" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/530 Accessed: 2022-11-29 19:22:07

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            University of Cambridge}}

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