Virgin and Child

Provenance

Possibly Carlo Ferrari, Turin [according to registrar’s records and Rich 1938]. Possibly Count Papadopoli, Padua [according to registrar’s records]. Paolo Paolini, Rome, to 1924; sold in his sale, American Art Association, New York, December 10–11, 1924, lot 115 (ill.), to R. L. Addison for $5000 [according to American Art Sales 1924 and an annotated copy of the sale catalogue in the Ryerson Library, Art Institute]. Carlo Foresti, Milan, to 1930 [according to a letter from Charles H. Worcester to Marion Borwell dated June 3, 1930, in curatorial file]; sold to Charles H. Worcester, Chicago, 1930 [according to the letter cited above]; given to the Art Institute, 1933.

Virgin and Child

After Giovanni Bellini

16th century or later

Accession Number

14896

Medium

Tempera or oil on panel

Dimensions

71.5 × 55.4 cm (28 1/8 × 21 3/4 in.)

Classification

european painting

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection