Madonna and Child

Provenance

Adolf von Beckerath (died 1915), Berlin, by 1905 (see Bode 1892-1905, vol. 6, pl. 254); his sale, Lepke, Berlin, 23-26 May, 1916, no. 58, pl. 14a, as Andrea della Robbia. Camillo Castiglioni, Vienna; sold, Frederik Muller & Cie, Amsterdam, 17-20 November, 1925, no. 95, as Andrea della Robbia; purchased by Artaria as agent for William F. Petersen; William F. Petersen (died 1950), Chicago; his widow, Alma Schmidt Petersen; given by her to the Art Institute, 1962.

Madonna and Child

Antonio Rossellino

c. 1475

Accession Number

14675

Medium

Terracotta with traces of polychromy

Dimensions

75.6 × 63.5 cm (29 3/4 × 25 in.); Framed: 114.3 × 119.4 cm (45 × 47 in.)

Classification

relief

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. William F. Peterson