Madonna and Child Before a Red Curtain, This image depicts Mary holding the Christ Child, who is seated on a pillow on a ledge. Behind them, a curtain/veil is hung. This work shows the duality of style between late gothic and a "greater plasticity" of form., 1472

 Item — Box: 190
Identifier: spc-mss0088-s19-i0266

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Madonna and Child Before a Red Curtain, This image depicts Mary holding the Christ Child, who is seated on a pillow on a ledge. Behind them, a curtain/veil is hung. This work shows the duality of style between late gothic and a "greater plasticity" of form.

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Scope and Contents

Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.0265; Public Notes: This work was in a private collection (Durand-Ruel) in Paris until 1897, then in the collection of Theodore Davis, who then bequeathed the piece to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC in 1915. Now property of the Metropolitan Museum of Art sold for the acquisitions fund on January 31, 2013.

Dates

  • Creation: 1472

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This collection may be viewed only in the reading room of Special Collections in the Jean and Alexander Heard Library. Collections should be requested 2-3 days prior to visiting in order to facilitate easier access. For questions or to request a collection, contact specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu.

Biographical / Historical

Subjects: Madonna and Child; religious art; Jesus Christ; curtains; veils; School: Venice; Style period: Renaissance; Technique: painting (technique); Work type: paintings

Full Extent

1 Items : Image Work Type: photographic print ; Image height (in.): 10.3; Image width (in.): 7.7in.

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Physical Description

Material notes: tempera on panel, transferred to canvas, laid down on panel, gold ground; Medium: tempera; Physical condition: mounted; Print type: black and white; Support: panels (wood)

General

Artist Nationality: Italian; Artist Status: confirmed; Inscription author: artist; Inscription original text: OPUS FACTUM PER BARTHOLOMEU[M] / M[]M.VIVA.RI[N]UM.DEMURANO 1472; Inscription original text language: Lat; Inscription original text type: signature; Inscription position: lower right corner; Inscription translation text: This work made by Bartolomeo Vivarini of Murano 1472; Inscription translation text language: English; Inscription translation text type: translation

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