Head of a Saint

15th or early 16th century

Sandro Botticelli Italian, 1444 or 1445 - 1510

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Title Head of a Saint

Artwork Date 15th or early 16th century

Artist Sandro Botticelli

Life Dates 1444 or 1445 - 1510

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Italian

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Paint on wood panel

Dimensions Unframed: 17 7/8 × 13 1/8 inches (45.4 × 33.3 cm) Framed: 27 3/8 × 22 × 2 3/4 inches (69.5 × 55.9 × 7 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department European Painting

Credit Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Fisher

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 50.243

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Inscriptions Inscribed, on verso, handwritten: 5356

Marks Marked, label, verso: 51 Marked, label, verso: 99282P | 40 x 50 coll cad [illegible name]

Provenance

collection Baron Michele Lazzaroni (Paris, France). 1926, (Howard Young Gallery, New York, New York, USA)

ca. 1926, collection Alfred J. Fisher (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1950-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Marle, R. van. Development Of The Italian Schools Of Painting, vol. 12. The Hague, 1931, p. 87.

Loan Exhibition of Italian Paintings from the XIV to XVI Century. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, March 8-30, 1933, (unpaginated), cat. 25 [as "Head of the Virgin", lent by Mr. & Mrs. Alfred J. Fisher].

Berenson, B. I Pittori Italiani del Rinascimento: catalogo dei principali artisti e delle loro opere con un indice dei luoghi, vol. 1, trans. E. Cecchi. Milan, 1936, p. 44 [as by Bartolommeo Veneto, "Portrait of Beatrice"].

Richardson, E.P. Masterpieces of Paintings from Detroit Private Collections. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, April 23-May 22, 1949, cat. 2, pl. III [as Head of a Virgin, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Fisher].

Richardson, E.P. "A Head of a Saint by Botticelli." Bulletin of the DIA 30, nos. 3 & 4 (1950-51): p. 61-62, (repr.).

Paintings in the DIA: a checklist of the paintings acquired before June 1965. Detroit, 1965, p. 16.

Frederickson, B. & F. Zeri. Census of pre-19th Century Italian Paintings in North American Collections. 1972, p. 33 [as Studio or School of Botticelli, "Virgin Mary", fragment].

Lightbown, R. Sandro Botticelli, vol. II. Berkeley, 1978, p. 158, no. 20 [as by workshop or school of Botticelli].

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Sandro Botticelli, Head of a Saint, 15th or early 16th century, paint on wood panel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Fisher, 50.243.