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Sandro Botticelli’s works mark the culmination of a mystical religious tradition in the art of early Renaissance Florence, from the paintings of Lorenzo Monaco and Fra Angelico through those of Fra Filippo Lippi, Botticelli’s teacher. In this lyrical late work by Botticelli, two angels draw back curtains to reveal the Virgin and Child, who are framed by slender trees in a setting suggesting a throne. The intimate presentation of the holy figures and Christ’s gesture of blessing suggest that this small painting served a private devotional function. This supposition is supported by the choice of format, since a Florentine patron would have typically commissioned a circular painting, or tondo, for use in a bedchamber.
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| Medium | tempera |
| Dimensions | 34 Cm |
| Tags | Virgin and child/Madonna and childJesusreligiousreligionChristianityChristian subjectswoman with childrenlandscapeangelsMadonnaCentury of Progressworld's fairsChicago World's Fairs |
| Certificate | Certificate not provided |
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Émile Gebhart and Victoria Charles, Sandro Botticelli
Émile Gebhart and Victoria Charles, Sandro Botticelli (New York, 2010), p. 9, fig. 4.
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Hans Körner, Botticelli
Hans Körner, Botticelli (Cologne, 2006), p. 156, no. 195.
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Roberta J. M. Olson, The Florentine Tondo
Roberta J. M. Olson, The Florentine Tondo (New York, 2000), pp. 192–95, fig. 7.20.
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on loan to his widow, Leola Epstein, Chicago, 1955–68.
on loan to his widow, Leola Epstein, Chicago, 1955–68.
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sold by Böhler to Max Epstein (d....
sold by Böhler to Max Epstein (d. 1954), Chicago, by 1928 [according to the letter cited above, as well as Old Masters 1928 and the Chicago 1928 exhibition]
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bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1954
bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1954
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exhibition
Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, July 1–Nov. 1, 1933, cat. 107.
Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, July 1–Nov. 1, 1933, cat. 107.
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Raimond van Marle, The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting, vol. 12
Raimond van Marle, The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting, vol. 12 (The Hague, 1931), p. 171.
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Summer Exhibition: Old Masters Lent by Max Epstein, July 24–Oct. 12, 1930 (no cat.).
The Art Institute of Chicago, Summer Exhibition: Old Masters Lent by Max Epstein, July 24–Oct. 12, 1930 (no cat.).
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Old Masters from the Collection of Cyrus H. McCormick and Max Epstein, July 25–Oct. 1, 1928 (no cat.).
The Art Institute of Chicago, Old Masters from the Collection of Cyrus H. McCormick and Max Epstein, July 25–Oct. 1, 1928 (no cat.).
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Old Masters in the Collection of Max Epstein
Old Masters in the Collection of Max Epstein (Chicago, 1928), ill., n. p.
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Barbara Deimling, Sandro Botticelli, 1444/45–1510
Barbara Deimling, Sandro Botticelli, 1444/45–1510 (Cologne, 1993), pp. 69, 95.
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Christopher Lloyd, Italian Paintings before 1600 in the Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Collection
Christopher Lloyd, Italian Paintings before 1600 in the Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Collection (Chicago, 1993), pp. 38–40, ill.
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Nicoletta Pons, Botticelli: catalogo completo
Nicoletta Pons, Botticelli: catalogo completo (Milan, 1989), p.78, fig. 80.
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Ronald Lightbown, Sandro Botticelli: Life and Work
Ronald Lightbown, Sandro Botticelli: Life and Work (New York, 1989), pl. 89.
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John D. Morse, Old Master Paintings in North America
John D. Morse, Old Master Paintings in North America (New York, 1979), p. 28.
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The Art Institute of Chicago: 100 Masterpieces
The Art Institute of Chicago: 100 Masterpieces (Chicago, 1978), pp. 42–43, no. 6, ill.
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Ronald Lightbown, Sandro Botticelli, vol. 2
Ronald Lightbown, Sandro Botticelli, vol. 2 (London, 1978), p. 83, no. B74, ill.
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Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri, Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri, Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972), pp. 33, 321, 571.
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John Maxon, The Art Institute of Chicago
John Maxon, The Art Institute of Chicago (London, 1970), pp. 31–32, ill.
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Possibly Monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli, Florence [Fahy 1969, p....
Possibly Monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli, Florence [Fahy 1969, p. 16 suggested that it might be the painting described by Vasari, “Very beautiful, too, is a little round picture by [Botticelli’s] hand that is seen in the apartment of the Prior of the Angeli in Florence, in which the figures are small but very graceful and wrought with beautiful consideration,” in Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, tr. by Gaston Du C. de Vere, New York, 1979, p. 675]. Julius Böhler, Munich [according to a letter from Böhler to Everett Fahy dated January 20, 1969 in curatorial files]
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Everett Fahy, “A Tondo by Sandro Botticelli,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 4
Everett Fahy, “A Tondo by Sandro Botticelli,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 4 (1969), pp. 14–25, figs. 1, 12, 14.
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection
The Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Chicago, 1961), p. 29.
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