Madonna and Child Enthroned
Artist
Master of the Naumburg Madonna
(Italian, active 1450-1485)
Previous Attribution
Filippino Lippi
(Italian, 1457-1504)
CultureItalian
Dateca. 1485
MediumOil on panel
DimensionsOverall: 41 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. (105.4 x 62.2 cm)
Overall, Frame: 55 x 36 in. (139.7 x 91.4 cm)
Overall, Frame: 55 x 36 in. (139.7 x 91.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. in Memory of Jean Outland Chrysler
Object number83.230
Collections
Not on view
DescriptionThis is an oil painting done on a panel. Madonna, in the center of the painting, sits on a green cloth bench. The child, on the right side of Madonna's lap, holds a book. The painting has many details, and flowers frame both sides of the Mother and child.Label TextMaster of the Naumburg Madonna Italian (active 1450-1485) Madonna and Child Enthroned, ca. 1485 Oil on panel, 41 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., in Memory of Jean Outland Chrysler 83.230ProvenancePrince Trivulzio, Milan; Private Collection, Rome; Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza, Lugano; Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.; Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. in memory of Jean Outland Chrysler to The Chrysler Museum, 1983. Exhibition History"Collectie Thyssen-Bornemisza," Boymans-van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam; Folkswang Museum, Essen, 1959-1960. (Exhib. cat. no. 41). "From Veneziano to Pollock: Ten Masterworks," Chrysler Museum, June, 1984. (Exhib. cat. p. 10). Published ReferencesA. Scharf. "Two neglected works by Filippino Lippi," _Burlington Magazine_. LXXI. 1937: p. 4. Schloss Rohoncz. _Sammlung Schloss Rohoncz_. Lugano. 1937: no. 241, pl. 184. A. Scharf. _Filippino Lippi_. Vienna. 1950: pp. 19, 53, pls. 44-46. L. Berti and U. Baldini. _Filippino Lippi_. Florence. 1957: pp. 34, 83, no. 45. F. Gamba. _Filippino Lippi nella Storia della Critica_. Florence. 1958: pp. 79, 105, note 53. Schloss Rohoncz. _Sammlung Schloss Rohoncz_. Lugano. 1958: no. 241. E. Redslob. _Meisterwerke der Malerei_. Berlin. 1959: no. 6. Bernard Berenson. _Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: Florentine School_. London, 1963, I, p. 110. Thomas W. Sokolowski and Thomas W. Styron. _From Veneziano to Pollock_, exhibition catalogue, Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, 1983. Teresa Annas. "A painting that's rich in emotion," _The Virginian Pilot Daily Break_. Section B. 09/16/1983: cover of the Daily Break. Thomas W. Sokolowski. "Major Accession: Madonna and Child Entroned," _Chrysler Museum Bulletin_. Vol. 13, no. 10. Norfolk: Chrysler Museum. 10/1983. David W. Steadman, Director. "Ten Masterworks!" _Chrysler Museum Bulletin_.. Vol. 14, no. 6. Norfolk: Chrysler Museum. 06/1984. Supplément. "La Chronique des Arts: Principales Acquisitions des Musées en 1984," _Gazette des Beaux-Arts_. VI Période, Tome CV, no. 1394. 03/1985: pp. 28, no. 162; 75. Everett Fahy, "The 'Master of the Naumburg Madonna'," _Fogg Art Museum Acquisitions, 1966-1967_ (Cambridge: Harvard University, 1967), 11-18. Jefferson C. Harrison. _The Chrysler Museum Handbook of the European and American Collections: Selected Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings_. Norfolk: The Chrysler Museum, 1991, 8, no. 7, color ill. Patrizia Zambrano and Jonathan Katz Nelson, _Filippino Lippi_ (Milano: Mondadori Electra, 2004), 352-353, fig. 35.1.
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