The Madonna and Child adored by Saint Matthew or Saint Joseph and Angels
after Francesco Albani (Bologna 1578 - Bologna 1660)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1699
Materials
Oil on copper
Measurements
241 x 190 mm (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in)
Order this imageCollection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1298180
Summary
Oil painting on copper, The Madonna and Child adored by Saint Matthew or Saint Joseph and Angels, after Francesco Albani (Bologna 1578 - Bologna 1660). The Madonna and Child, full-length, seated in the centre; Saint Matthew (or Saint Joseph?) reading at the right, his book supported by an angel and two angels appearing on the left.
Provenance
Wynn Ellis sale, Christie's, 17 June 1876, lot [??]; bought by Waters (evidently on behalf of the Hon. Wilbraham Egerton, later Earl Egerton, as in Tatton ms. catalogue as bought by Earl Egerton); bequeathed by Maurice Egerton, 4th Baron Egerton of Tatton (1874 - 1958) to the National Trust with the house, gardens and contents of Tatton Park
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: on a sheet of the LEICESTERSHIRE MERCURY OF [?] May 1854 stuck down on back of frame and backing-panel, Christie's stencil: 228E.
Makers and roles
after Francesco Albani (Bologna 1578 - Bologna 1660), artist previously catalogued as manner of Annibale Carracci (Bologna 1560 - Rome 1609), artist
References
Puglisi 1999 Catherine R. Puglisi, Francesco Albani, New Haven & London, 1999, no.32, pp.111-112