Madonna and Child (Cima, Paris)

The Madonna and Child is an oil painting on panel of 1495–1497 by the Italian Renaissance artist Cima da Conegliano, now in the Petit Palais in Paris.[1] It was owned in London by Sir William Abdy, then in Paris by Edward Tuck, the American vice-consul there; the latter gave it to its present owner in 1930.[2]

Madonna and Child
ArtistCima da Conegliano
Year1495–1497
MediumOil on panel
Dimensions71.5 cm × 55 cm (28.1 in × 22 in)
LocationPetit Palais, Paris

Berenson,[3] Von Hadeln,[4] Lasareff[5] and Menegazzi date the work to 1495 but Van Marle[6] and Coletti[7] date it to 1497.

References edit

  1. ^ (in French) "Catalogue entry".
  2. ^ (in Italian) Cima da Conegliano: catalogo della mostra di Treviso, 26 agosto – 11 novembre 1962, a cura di Luigi Menegazzi, Venezia, Neri Pozza, 1962, p. 14.
  3. ^ (in Italian) Bernard Berenson, Dipinti veneziani in America, Milano, Alfieri & Lacroix, 1919, pp. 188–190.
  4. ^ Detlev von Hadeln, An unknown work of Cima da Conegliano, « The Burlington Magazine », 1926, p. 3.
  5. ^ (in Italian) Victor Lasareff, Opere nuove o poco note di Cima da Conegliano, « Arte Veneta », XI, 1957.
  6. ^ Raimond van Marle, The development of the Italian Schools of Painting, XVII, The Hague, Martinus Nuhoff, 1935, p. 428.
  7. ^ (in Italian) Luigi Coletti, Cima da Conegliano, Venezia, Neri Pozza, 1959, pp. 66–73.