Virgin and Child: The Gambaro Madonna Artist: Francesco Francia (Italian, Bologna, ca. 1450–1517)

1495

European Art

On view, 2nd floor, European Art
Medium

Oil on panel

Dimensions

unframed: 29 7/16 × 21 5/8 in. (74.8 × 54.9 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Hannah D. and Louis M. Rabinowitz

Accession Number

1959.15.10

Culture

Italian, Bologna

Period

15th century

Classification

Paintings

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Lord Dudley Ward (1838–ca. 1868), London; Marchese di Pulci Doria, Naples (sold between 1890–95); Sedelmeyer, Paris (–1898); Quincy Adams Shaw, Boston (1877-1908); E. and A. Silberman Galleries, 1014 Madison Avenue, New York ( –1941); Rabinowitz, Sands Point, Long Island, (1941–59); Rabinowitz Collection, Yale University Art Gallery (on loan, 1953; Deed of Gift, 1959).
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Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

religious art

Subject

Mary

Inscriptions

Inscription partially cut at the bottom. Reads as follows:\r\n\r\nCobus Gambarus Bonon Per Franciam Avrifabrum\r\nL Cobus Gambarus Bonon Per Franciam Avrifabrum Hoc Opus Fieri Curavit 1495\r\n\r\n(Bottom)

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