c. 1470
113 x 77 x 10 cm (44 1/2 x 30 5/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
?Ospedale di Santa Maria Maddalena, Volterra. [2] ?Palazzo Inghirami Collection, Volterra. [Giuseppe Pacini, Florence], circa 1937. [1] [French and Co., New York, NY] sold; to Katherine Deere Butterworth, Moline, Illinois, sold [through Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, NY, October 21-23, 1954, lot 330 (as attributed to Desiderio da Settignano)]. Sold [through French and Co., New York, NY, 1968]. Sold [through Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, NY, November 14, 1968, lot 94 (as attributed to Master of the Marble Madonnas)]; to Landon T. Clay, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1977 Notes [1] The circa 1937 date derives from image 114508 at the Fotothek des Kunsthistorischen Instituts in Florenz- Max Planck Institut. The photograph was added in 1937 with the Pacini annotation. [2] See "Per il 'Maestro delle Madonne di marmo': una rilettura ed una proposta di identificazione," Prospettiva, No. 106/107, April-July 2002.
Clay with paint
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18th centuryChinese