The Virgin and Child

Masaccio (1401 - 1428)

National Gallery

1426

The Madonna, and the child on her knee, are both full front, seated on a stone throne of Renaissance design. The child holds a bunch of grapes. In the background a cherub and a seraph kneel to the right and left of the throne, the two below sit on the throne steps playing lutes. A modern gilded arch cuts the sides of the throne. The central panel of an altarpiece for the Carmine Pisa but it was removed by 1750 and the parts dispersed.

• Medium: oil
• Dimensions: 136 x 73 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £4500 ( Total: £9,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1916
• Vendor: Rev. Canon A S Sutton

Provenance

Woodburn collection in 1855; 1860 Mr Clarke; by 1864 Mr F H Sutton.

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