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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.36
People
Girolamo Campagna, Italian (1549/50 - 1626)
Previously attributed to Nicolò Roccatagliata, Italian (Genoa active 1593 - 1636)
Title
Madonna and Child with Angels and the Infant Saint John the Baptist
Other Titles
Former Title: Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Two Cherubim
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
17th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/371182

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Red wax, over a clay core, lined with plaster, on green velvet colored base
Dimensions
43 cm (16 15/16 in.)
with base: 52.8 cm (20 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Heim Gallery London, by 1972]. [Alex Wengraf, Ltd., London]. Alexis Gregory, New York, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Alexis Gregory
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.36
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Sculptures of the 15th & 16th Centuries, exh. cat., Heim Gallery (London, Summer 1972), cat. no. 38, repr.
  • Charles Avery, "Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Alexis Gregory Collection", exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, Fall 1995), pp. 90-91, cat. no. 57, repr.
  • Andrea Bacchi, Lia Camerlengo, and Manfred Leithe-Jasper, "La bellissima maniera:" Alessandro Vittoria e la scultura veneta del Cinquecento, exh. cat., Castello del Buonconsiglio (Trento, 1999), p. 406

Exhibition History

  • Sculptures of the 15th & 16th Centuries, Heim Gallery, 05/30/1972 - 09/08/1972
  • Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Collection of Alexis Gregory, Fogg Art Museum, 01/13/1996 - 06/22/1996

Verification Level

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