Madonna and Child with God the Father and Cherubim, 1480/1490

Not on View

Medium

glazed terracotta

Dimensions

overall: 90 × 48 cm (35 7/16 × 18 7/8 in.)

framed: 129.54 x 78.11 x 13.97 cm (51 x 30 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
gross weight: 127 lb. (57.607 kg)

Credit Line

Andrew W. Mellon Collection

Accession Number

1937.1.123

Artists / Makers

Anonymous Artist (sculptor)

Andrea della Robbia (related artist) Florentine, 1435 - 1525

Image Use

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Provenance

Louis-Charles Timbal [1821-1880], Paris; Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his estate; purchased 1930 with the entire Dreyfus collection by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris);[1] purchased 15 December 1936 by The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh;[2] gift 1937 to NGA.

[1] Provenance prior to Mellon Trust is according to David Finley's notebook donated to the National Gallery of Art in 1977, now in the Gallery Archives.

[2] The original Duveen Brothers invoice is in Gallery Archives, copy in NGA curatorial files; the sculpture is listed as by Luca della Robbia.

Associated Names

Dreyfus, Gustave
Duveen Brothers, Inc.
Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, The A.W.
Timbal, Louis-Charles

Bibliography

1941: Preliminary Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1941: 232, no. A-12.

1942: Book of Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 253, repro. 233.

1944: Duveen Brothers, Inc. Duveen Sculpture in Public Collections of America: A Catalog Raisonné with illustrations of Italian Renaissance Sculptures by the Great Masters which have passed through the House of Duveen. New York, 1944: figs. 39-41, as by Luca della Robbia.

1949: Paintings and Sculpture from the Mellon Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1949 (reprinted 1953 and 1958): 163, repro.

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 166.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 146, repro.

1973: Finley, David Edward. A Standard of Excellence: Andrew W. Mellon Founds the National Gallery of Art at Washington. Washington, 1973: 42.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 197, repro.