The Madonna and Child
Francesco Trevisani (Slovenia 1656 – Rome 1746)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1700
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
845 x 654 mm (33 1/4 x 25 3/4 in)
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 732132
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Madonna and Child by Francesco Trevisani (Slovenia 1656 - Rome 1746), circa 1700. The Madonna, half-length and turned to the right, wearing pink and blue robes, holds the Child asleep in her arms, above a cradle decorated with a cherub.
Provenance
Acquired by Henry Hoare II (1705–1785) as by Cignani. Given to the National Trust along with the house, its grounds, and the rest of contents by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947) in 1946.
Credit line
Stourhead, The Hoare Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: In red paint, on the stretcher: M 53
Makers and roles
Francesco Trevisani (Slovenia 1656 – Rome 1746), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Carlo Cignani (Bologna 1628 - Forli 1719), artist