Virgin and Child | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1930.204
People: Unidentified Artist
After Giovanni della Robbia, Italian (1469 - 1529)
Title: Virgin and Child
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Madonna and Child
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: sculpture
Date: 19th Century
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/231848

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Glazed majolica
Dimensions: 75.8 x 33.2 x 24 cm (29 13/16 x 13 1/16 x 9 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Luigi Grassi, Florence, Italy, sold; [Grassi estate sale, American Art Association, NY, 1927]; to Fred L. Stephens for $5,100, sold;* ?to Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi, 1927, sold; to Aaron and Nettie Naumburg, for $17,500, 1927, inherited; by Nettie G. Naumburg, 1928, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1930.

*See "Grassi Sale Total goes to $265, 415," New York Times, p. E8, January 23, 1927.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Nettie G. Naumburg
Accession Year: 1930
Object Number: 1930.204
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Italian Art: The Collection of Professor Luigi Grassi, auct. cat. (New York, January 20-22, 1927), Introduction, p. 262, n. 563
[Unidentified article on Christmas], Harvard Business School Bulletin (Cambridge MA, December 1958), repr. in b/w

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