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Italian 20th Century
Madonna Adoring the Child
K1254
1321
Italian
c. 1900
terracotta with traces of polychromy, with traces of polychromy
Sculpture
120.3 x 113 x 58.1 cm (47 3/8 x 44 1/2 x 22 7/8 in)
Possibly a church in Lucca. Elia Volpi [1858-1958], Palazzo Davanzati, Florence; sold 1913 to (Duveen Brothers, Inc., New York, London, and Paris), by whom lent to Thomas Fortune Ryan, New York; [1] sold 1941 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1943 to the NGA. [1] Letter from E. Fowles dated 8 May 1946 in NGA Curatorial Records.
1943.4.82
1254
A-57
