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Adoration of the Child with Portrait of Donor

Adoration of the Child with Portrait of Donor

Artist/Maker
Dateca.1500
MediumTempera on panel
DimensionsOverall: 14 × 10 1/2 in. (35.5 × 26.6 cm)
Frame: 25 7/16 × 17 5/16 × 3 3/8 in. (64.6 × 44 × 8.6 cm)
Credit LineA. Augustus Healy Fund
Object number1943.240
Status
Not on view
More Information
This Adoration was at one time attributed to Francesco Cossa, a fifteenth-century Ferrarese artist, but more recently it has been linked to the Lombard school, judging from the facial types of the Virgin and donor. It is also possible that the artist of the Oberlin panel was trained as a miniature painter because of the manner in which the hands and other details are depicted. Radiographs reveal that the head of the donor was painted over a portrait of a young boy or girl.
ProvenanceClarice, aunt of Tomaso (?), Italy; by bequest to Tomaso (?), Italy, 1758.¹ Sir Edgar Speyer [1862-1932], London, New York, and Berlin; by inheritance to Lady Leonora Speyer (wife of Sir Edgar Speyer) [1872-1956], New York, until 1943; (Paul Drey Gallery, New York, by 1943); purchased 1943 by Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH Notes: ¹ An inscription on the reverse indicates a bequest from "la mia zia Clarice" to a Tomaso (?) in 1758. Exhibition History
Old Masters from Midwestern Museums
  • The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH (March 5, 1948 - April 19, 1948 )
  • Grand Rapids Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI (December 1, 1948 - January 2, 1949 )
From the Reserves I: 1500-1800
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (June 16, 1982 - September 12, 1982 )
Religion, Ritual and Performance in the Renaissance
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 28, 2012 - June 30, 2013 )
Collections
  • European
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