Virgin and Child Adored by Saint Francis

Provenance

Probably Prince Victor Amadeus I of Savoy-Carignano (died 1741); sold de Poilly, Paris, July 30, 1742, pp. 10–11 ["Deux petits Tableaux, l’un sur cuivre, l’autre sur bois, de onze pouces de haut, sur neuf pouces de large, represantans l’un une Vierge avec son Enfant & un Saint François, & l’autre une Assomption de la Vierge, de l’Albane" (two small paintings, one on copper, the other on wood, 12 3/8 x 10 1/8 in. (1 pouce = 1 1/8 inches) representing the one a Virgin and Child with Saint Francis and the other an Assumption of the Virgin), sold together for 2,050 fr. according to Charles Blanc and Henri Delaborde. Histoire des peintres de toutes les écoles. École Bolognese, Paris, 1877, p. 8]. Julius H. Weitzner, New York; sold by Weitzner to the Art Institute, 1962.

Virgin and Child Adored by Saint Francis

Francesco Albani

c. 1606

Accession Number

15305

Medium

Oil on copper

Dimensions

32.2 × 25.7 cm (12 5/8 × 10 1/4 in.); Framed: 42.6 × 35.3 × 6.4 cm (16 3/4 × 13 7/8 × 2 1/2 in.)

Classification

oil on copper

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Cyrus Hall McCormick Fund