Virgin and Child

Virgin and Child

1300's
Artist
Unknown
Country
France
Object
statue
Medium
Limestone?
Accession Number
1961.187
Credit Line
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation

Artist unknown, Virgin and Child, 1300s. Limestone; 56 × 10 1/4 × 18 in. (142.2 × 26 × 45.7 cm). Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1961.187

Dimensions
height: 56 in, 142.2400 cm; width: 10 1/4 in, 26.0350 cm; depth: 18 in, 45.7200 cm
Department
European and American Art Before 1900
Collection
European Painting and Sculpture before 1900
Known Provenance
Henri Daguerre Collection, Paris. Mrs. Chauncey J. Blair [1856-1940], Chicago, by 1916. Léon Rosenberg Collection. French & Co., New York, by 1935. Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., Inc., New York. Joseph Brummer [1883–1947], New York by 1944. (French & Company), New York, April 22, 1949; Kress acquisition, 1954. Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 1961 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.
Exhibition History
  • Inaugural Exhibition—Cleveland Museum of Art, 06/06–09/20/1916

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