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Virgin and Child with a Goldfinch

c. 1490

Neroccio de' Landi

(Italian, 1447–1500)

Italy, Siena, 15th century

Tempera on wood

Framed: 65 x 45 x 7.5 cm (25 9/16 x 17 11/16 x 2 15/16 in.); Unframed: 38.8 x 30.5 cm (15 1/4 x 12 in.)

Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1980.101

Location

117B Italian Renaissance

Description

Neroccio di Bartolomeo de’ Landi was both a painter and sculptor. He was a student of Vecchietta, and then he shared a workshop with Francesco di Giorgio from 1468. Neroccio is considered by many to be a Madonna painter par excellence. His aristocratic images were much appreciated in his time, and he is perhaps among Siena’s last great painters of the 1500s.

Provenance
Duke of Roxburghe, Floors Castle (1965, London sale 1979); (Agnews, London)
Citations
Fahy, Everett. Dipinti, disegni, miniature, stampe: L'Archivio storico fotografico di Stefano Bardini. Firenze: A. Bruschi, 2000. 236
Exhibition history

National Gallery, London (10/24/2007 - 1/13/2008): "Renaissance Siena: Art for a City"

Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).

Renaissance Siena: Art for a City. National Gallery, London, London WC2N 5DN (organizer) (October 24, 2007-January 13, 2008).

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