Madonna and Child with Saint Jerome and Saint Bernardino of Siena

Provenance

Possibly by 1810 kept at the collecting point of the Istituto di Belle Arti, Siena,[1] transferred there from one of the suppressed convents or monasteries. Probably acquired c. 1896 in Italy by (Charles Fairfax Murray, London and Florence), for (Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London); sold March 1898 to John G. Johnson [1841-1917], Philadelphia; apparently returned to (Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London); sold 30 September 1898 to Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania;[2] inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA. [1] This is suggested by the wax seal on the reverse of the painting. [2] The details of ownership by Murray and Agnew's (the painting was Agnew's number 8273) come from the Getty Provenance Index, which indicates the painting was sold to Johnson in March 1898, then to Widener in September of that year. This differs from the Widener collection card (in NGA curatorial files), which documents the 1898 purchase as being in March 1898.

Madonna and Child with Saint Jerome and Saint Bernardino of Siena

Benvenuto di Giovanni

c. 1480/1485

Accession Number

1942.9.3

Medium

tempera on panel

Dimensions

overall: 70.3 × 50 cm (27 11/16 × 19 11/16 in.) | framed: 88.9 × 68.58 × 11.43 cm (35 × 27 × 4 1/2 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Widener Collection