Private collection
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Adoration of the Child, Virgin Mary, John the Baptist and an angel kneeling in adoration of the child
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.8747; Public Notes:
Lucretia, This image shows a portrait in bust of a young woman. Her hair is curled and she looks directly at the viewer. She wears a drape but one breast is exposed, and the other covered by her hand. She holds a dagger to her chest. The woman depicted is thought to be Lucretia., 1475-1520
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.1103; Public Notes: formerly Formigli collection
Madonna and Child with Angel Musicians, This image shows the Madonna and Child enthroned and surrounded by angel amusicians. The Christ Child stands on MAry's lap and holds a fruit. Mary gently holds his head; a garland of fruit hangs above., 1497
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.0629; Public Notes: Sold at Sotheby's, 10 July 1974, n.19
Pieta, This image shows a Pieta scene in which the dead Christ sits on the edge of his tomb and is supported by an angel. The Virgin Mary kneels to the left and kisses his hand; St. John the Baptist kneels to the right and looks at Christ while holding his hands clasped in devotion. The scene is set in a meadow with an Italian countryside behind them., 1480-1530, Photographed in after 1937
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.0735; Public Notes: This work appears to be a copy of the original, which is housed in: Museo del Tesoro della Basilica di S. Francesco e Collezione F.M. Perkins, Assisi, Perugia
The Drunkenness of Noah, Painting depicts the biblical scene where Noah becomes drunk on wine and fell asleep without covering his nakedness, his son Ham saw his father's nakedness and then ran off to tell his brothers. The two brothers blinded their eyes and walked backwards into the tent to cover their father and not see. The painting shows Noah naked on the ground and two of his sons walking backwards toward him while the third is looking around the two.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.CARA.0117; Public Notes:
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