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Virgin and Child

Drawing
15th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Gozzoli, Benozzo (artist)
Place of origin
Italy (drawn)

Virgin and Child, seated; two angels attending and St. John standing near; study of a man, seated on the right, and a slight sketch of a female figure above him; Pen and bistre, slightly washed and heightened with white.

Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleVirgin and Child
Materials and techniques
Pen and bistre, slightly washed and heightened with white
Pen
Bistre
Drawing
Brief description
Gozzoli, Benozzo (ascribed to); Virgin and Child, seated; two angels attending and St. John standing near; study of a man, seated on the right, and a slight sketch of a female figure above him; Pen and bistre, slightly washed and heightened with white; Italian; 15th century.
Physical description
Virgin and Child, seated; two angels attending and St. John standing near; study of a man, seated on the right, and a slight sketch of a female figure above him; Pen and bistre, slightly washed and heightened with white.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.9in
  • Width: 8in
Original measurement of object converted from fractional inches into decimal inches (rounded to one decimal place). Dimensions taken from: DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
Style
Florentine School
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Subjects depicted
Man
Figure, Female
Virgin Mary
Jesus Christ
St John
Bibliographic references
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
  • Ward-Jackson, Peter, Italian Drawings. Volume I. 14th-16th century, London, 1979, p. 16 The following is the full text of the entry: GOZZOLI, BENOZZO Benozzo di Lese di Sandro, known as Benozzo Gozzoli ( 1420-97) 6 Recto Sheet of studies: Virgin and Child with two angels, a saint worshipping, a youth seated on a stool, and another figure Verso More studies: a seated nun and three shepherds, one kneeling in worship, another playing on the bagpipes and the third carrying a sheep on his shoulders Pen and ink and wash heightened with white on pink tinted paper Size of sheet: 5 7/8 x 7 7/8 (150 x 200) PROVENANCE Lagoy (Lugt 1710); Dyce Bequest 1869 LITERATURE Dyce Catalogue no. 173 (as anonymous, ascribed to Benozzo Gozzoli); Reitlinger, p. 5, no. 3; Borenius, p. 224; R. van Marle, Italian Schools of Painting, The Hague, 11, 1929, p. 220 and fig. 141; BB, 1938, I, p. 11, footnote no. 2, and 2, p. 51, no. 544 The attribution to Gozzoli is accepted by all the writers named. Berenson writes of 'this splendid but unfortunately blackened drawing' that 'here Benozzo displays all his charm and attains to a spirit and freedom of touch which places him as a draughtsman somewhere close to Carpaccio'. The oxidised whites have since been restored and the drawing is no longer blackened. A seated youth, seen from behind, similar to the one on the recto is shown in a drawing in the Uffizi (no. 235E) ascribed by Berenson to 'Alunno di Benozzo' (BB, 1938 and 1961, no. 1868A).
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.173

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Record createdSeptember 9, 2009
Record URL
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