After Michelangelo
Madonna del Silenzio
oil on panel
41½ x 30¼ in. (105.4 x 76.8 cm.)
In a carved polychrome and gilt frame.
Provenance
Anonymous Sale; Christie's London, 9 November 1945, lot 153, as del Piombo (52 gns to Pragier).
Mrs. L. Kuntz, New Orleans, by descent to the present owner.
Lot Essay
The present picture is based on a design by Michelangelo, in the collection of the Duke of Portland.