Madonna and Child with a Swallow

Madonna and Child with a Swallow

about 1420-1425
Artist
Francesco di Antonio di Bartolomeo, Italian
Work Locations: Florence, Italy
Active Years: 1410-1430
Object
painting
Medium
Tempera paint on panel
Accession Number
1961.157
Credit Line
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation

Francesco di Antonio di Bartolomeo, Madonna and Child with a Swallow, about 1420–25. Tempera paint on panel; 58 1/2 × 25 3/8 in. (148.6 × 64.5 cm). Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1961.157

Dimensions
height: 58 1/2 in, 148.5900 cm; width: 25 3/8 in, 64.4525 cm
Department
European and American Art Before 1900
Collection
European Painting and Sculpture before 1900
This object is currently on view
Known Provenance
Church of San Domenico, Pisa. (Giuseppe Toscanelli, Pisa). Private Collection, Munich. (Julius Böhler, Munich); sold 1904 to Emil Weinberger, Vienna; (his sale, J.C. Wawra, Vienna, 22 24 October 1929). (Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi [1878 1955] Rome Florence); sold to Samuel H. Kress [1863 1955] on 18 June 1937; gift 1939 to the National Gallery of Art in 1939; deaccessioned in 1952 and returned to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation; gift 1961 to Denver Art Museum, no. 1961.157 Provenance research is on-going at the Denver Art Museum and we will post information as it becomes available. Please e-mail provenance@denverartmuseum.org, if you have questions, or if you have additional information to share with us.