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The Virgin Adoring the Child

Sandro Botticelli1480/1490

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States

  • Title: The Virgin Adoring the Child
  • Creator: Sandro Botticelli
  • Date Created: 1480/1490
  • Physical Dimensions: overall (diameter): 58.9 cm (23 3/16 in.) framed: 82.2 x 6.4 cm (32 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
  • Provenance: Charles Paravey [d. by 1878], Paris; (his sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 13 April 1878, no. 97, as by Filippo Lippi, probably bought in); probably by inheritance to Paravey's daughter, Mme Raynaud, Paris. (sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 16 December 1929, no. 44, as by Filippo Lippi); (Wildenstein & Co., Inc., New York); sold October 1947 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[1] gift 1952 to NGA. [1] The invoice from Wildenstein & Co. to the Kress Foundation (copy in NGA curatorial files) is dated 30 October 1947. See also The Kress Collection Digital Archive, https://kress.nga.gov/Detail/objects/2331.
  • Rights: CC0
  • Medium: tempera on poplar panel
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

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