The Virgin and Child
studio of Giovanni Battista Salvi Sassoferrato (Sassoferrato 1609 - Rome 1685)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas (oval)
Measurements
464 x 603 mm (18 1/4 x 23 3/4 in)
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 609015
Summary
Oil painting on canvas (oval), The Virgin and Child by studio of Giovanni Battista Salvi Sassoferrato (Sassoferrato 1609 - Rome 1685), 17th century. A horizontal oval picture of the Virgin seated, wearing a red dress, holds on her knees the sleeping Child whose head rests against her right shoulder.
Provenance
Attingham collection; bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
Credit line
Attingham Park, The Berwick Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
studio of Giovanni Battista Salvi Sassoferrato (Sassoferrato 1609 - Rome 1685), artist