The Madonna and Child
manner of Bartolomeo de Giovanni (fl.1488 - c.1500)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1488 - 1500
Materials
Oil on panel (arched top)
Measurements
775 x 510 mm
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk (Accredited Museum)
On show at
Ickworth, Suffolk, East of England, National Trust
NT 851772
Summary
Oil painting on panel (arched top), The Madonna and Child, manner of Bartolomeo de Giovanni (fl.1488 - c.1500), circa 1488-1500. A half-length figure of the Madonna, seated, the Child on her lap. She is wearing a red robe covered by a mantle of mellowed dark green lined with brown and with an embroidered gold border. The Child wears a pale blue robe with delicate gold edging, they are placed before a red shell niche with black surround decorated with gold trophies, urns, pomegranates, etc. Both have delicate gold haloes.
Provenance
Unknown, probably acquired in the 19th century; by descent to the 4th Marquess (1863-1951), on whose death valued for probate; accepted in lieu of tax by HM Treasury, and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
manner of Bartolomeo de Giovanni (fl.1488 - c.1500), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Jacopo del Sellaio (Florence c.1441 - Florence 1493) , artist