Lot Essay
The prototype is in the Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence (J. Shearman, Andrea del Sarto, 1965, no.93). It was painted for Ottaviano de Medici circa 1529.
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The Madonna and Child: the so-called Medici Madonna
Details
After Andrea del Sarto
The Madonna and Child: the so-called Medici Madonna
oil on canvas, unframed
115.4 x 78.8 cm
The Madonna and Child: the so-called Medici Madonna
oil on canvas, unframed
115.4 x 78.8 cm
Provenance
Mrs Geneviève Lagrange-née de Milliano, Schaarbeek;
by descent to George and Paul de Milliano, Mortsel (labels on the stretcher).
by descent to George and Paul de Milliano, Mortsel (labels on the stretcher).
Exhibited
Antwerp, Musées Royaux des Beaux Arts, on loan, 1940-5 (according to the same labels).
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