The Virgin adoring the Christ Child
after Correggio (Correggio c.1489 – Correggio 1534)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1800 - 1899
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
830 x 670 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 996479
Caption
This picture is a nineteenth-century copy of the original in the Uffizi, Florence. Born in Parma, Correggio was one of the foremost artists of the High Renaissance. His original would have served as a devotional work in a private setting.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Virgin adoring the Christ Child, after Correggio (Correggio c.1489 – Correggio 1534). A nineteenth-century copy of the original in the Uffizi, Florence.
Provenance
bought by private treaty from Petronella Dittmer, Mrs. Burnett-Brown, 2009
Credit line
Lacock Abbey (National Trust)
Makers and roles
after Correggio (Correggio c.1489 – Correggio 1534), artist