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Virgin and Child Tondo

Artist Benedetto da Maiano (Italian (Florentine), 1442 - 1497)

CultureItalian

Date15th century

MediumPolychromed plaster relief

Dimensions23 1/2 in. (59.7 cm)
Overall, Frame: 32 in. (81.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Alice R. Jaffé in the name of her mother Mrs. H. L. Rice

Object number51.52.1

Not on view

DescriptionPlaster tondo relief showing the Virgin with Child, surrounded by six cherub or angel heads, painted and framed.
ProvenanceCollection of Counts Vilczek, Krezestein Castle near Vienna, Austria; purchased by Alice R. Jaffé (Mrs. Louis I. Jaffé) from E. & A. Silberman Galleries, New York, NY, December 1951; gift of Alice R. Jaffé to Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences, December 1951.Exhibition History"Religious Art from Giotto to Gauguin," Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ, April 3 - April 23, 1941.Published ReferencesCatalog for "Religious Art from Giotto to Gauguin," Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ, April 3 - April 23, 1941, cat. no. 43. Virginian-Pilot newspaper, Dec. 10, 1950. Virginian-Pilot newspaper, Dec. 25, 1952. "Museum Piece of the Week," Virginian-Pilot newspaper, Dec. 31, 1956.