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The Madonna and Child
Artist: studio of Sandro Botticelli (circa 1445 - 1510)
Location: Ashmolean Museum
Date: 1475 - 1500
Materials: tempera on panel
Dimensions: 84 x 57 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £400 (Total: £400)
Review number: 822 (1932)
Provenance:
Collection of John Ruskin.
Description:
The Madonna is seated, looking downward to the standing Child with a landscape view in the background seen through a simple arch. The design is one which is known in several workshop replicas and the type of the Virgin's head seems to reflect a lost Botticelli of about the years 1485-1490. Though not by any pupil of Botticelli's who can be identified, the picture is a remarkably fresh and attractive example of Tuscan painting in the later 15th century and was once owned by John Ruskin, a great admirer of Botticelli.
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