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About the Artwork

Madonna and Child

early 20th century

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Italian

Italian

Tempera on wood panel

Framed: 31 3/4 × 20 1/2 × 1 1/2 inches (80.6 × 52.1 × 3.8 cm)

Paintings

European Painting

City of Detroit Purchase

24.97

This work is in the public domain.

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Provenance

by 1924, Robert Langton Douglas [1864–1951] (London, England)

1924–present, purchased by Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

"Front Matter." Bulletin of the DIA 6, 4 (January 1925): cover (ill.). [as by Guido da Siena; dated 13th century]

Heil, Walter and Clyde H. Burroughs. Catalogue of Paintings in the Permanent Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts of the City of Detroit. Detroit, 1930, no. 91 (ill.). [as by Guido da Siena, dated second half of the 13th century]

Venturi, Lionello. Pitture Italiane in America. Milan, 1931, no. 13 (ill.).

Valentiner, William R. Italian Gothic Painting. Detroit, 1944, pp. 8–9 (ill.). [as by follower of Duccio, dated about 1290]

Richardson, Edgar P., ed. Catalogue of Paintings: The Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1944, p. 40, no. 91. [as by follower of Duccio]

Fredericksen, Burton B. and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Collections. Cambridge, 1972, p. 67. [as by Duccio di Buoninsegna]

Sutton, Denys. "Robert Langton Douglas, Part III." Apollo 109, 208 (June 1979): pp. 412–475 (ill.). [as by School of Duccio, dated early 14th century]

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Italian, Madonna and Child, early 20th century, tempera on wood panel. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 24.97.

Madonna and Child
Madonna and Child