Virgin and Child
after 1450
Artists
Description
In engaged wooden frame. Bottom of frame shows a scene of St. Jerome and lion in cave, coats of arms on either side. Angels in relief at upper band of frame. Large metal ring at upper center for hanging.
Dimensions
111 x 75 x 16 cm (43 11/16 x 29 1/2 x 6 5/16 in.)
Provenance
Bernard Berenson, Villa I Tatti, Florence, gift; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, NY, 1909, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1929.
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