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Madonna and Child Enthroned

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1880-1930

GUSN

GUSN-222824

Description

Framed photographic print of a painting by Giovanni Bellini, The Madonna and child. The scene centers on the Virgin Mary, seated before a landscape, with the child, nude, standing on her knees. She wears a white veil and has a cloak around her shoulders.

Details

Descriptive Terms

paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
Print, Photographic

Inscription

"Joannes Bellinus MDX" (signed on the left side, on a gravestone)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

P579

Maker

Reproduction of Bellini, Giovanni, 1431-1436-1516 (Artist)

Dimensions

8 5/16 x 11 3/16 x 9/16 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.1002

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