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Virgin and Child
school of Andrea Mantegna, Italian, 1431–1506
y1935-53
Information
Title
Virgin and Child
Maker
school of Andrea Mantegna
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
50.8 x 40.7 cm (20 x 16 in.)
frame: 67.2 x 55.5 x 4.5 cm (26 7/16 x 21 7/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Henry White Cannon, Jr.,Class of 1910, in memory of his Father
Object Number
y1935-53
Place Collected
Europe, San Pietro in Cariano
Culture
Type
Subject
Andrea Monga (1794-1861), Verona; By descent to his son, Cav. Pietro Monga (?-?), Verona; Purchased from him by Jean Paul Richter (1847-1937) in Verona in May 1886; Purchased from him by Henry White Cannon (1850-1934) in Florence on March 10, 1906; By descent to his son, Henry (Harry) W. Cannon, Jr. (1887-1966), Class of 1910; Donated to the Museum in 1935.
- Jean Paul Richter, A descriptive catalogue of old masters of the Italian school, (Florence: Galileiana, 1907-1914)., no. 35D; p. 9
- Eugenio Levi, A history of the suppressed Convent of San Michele alla Doccia sotto Fiesole, Florence: founded in 1411, now the property of Mr. Henry White Cannon, followed by a brief account of the religious orders of Italy, (Florence: Tipografia Giuntina, 1911)., p. 166 (illus.)
- Jean Paul Richter, The Cannon Collection of italian paintings of the Renaissance: mostly of the Veronese School..., (Princeton, NJ: Princetion University Press, 1936)., no. 4; p. 9-10; fig. 4
- Frank Jewett Mather, Jr., "A fragment by Montegna: a problem in reconstruction", Art in America 31, no. 1 (Jan., 1943): p. 21-26., p. 21-26 (illus. throughout)
- E. Tietze-Conrat, Mantegna: paintings, drawings, engravings, (London: Phaidon Press, 1955)., p. 197; fig. 15
- Bernard Berenson, Italian pictures of the Renaissance: a list of the principal artists and their works with an index of places. Central Italian and North Italian schools, (London: Phaidon, 1968)., p. 244
- Andrew Martindale and Niny Garavaglia, The complete paintings of Mantegna, (New York: Abrams, 1971)., p. 121 (illus.), no. 107
- B. B. Fredericksen and F. Zeri, Census of pre-nineteenth-century Italian paintings in North American collections, (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1972)., p. 119
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Ronald William Lightbown, Mantegna: with a complete catalogue of the paintings, drawings and prints, (Oxford: Phaidon: Christie’s, 1986).
, p. 472; no. 147; pl. 177
