Madonna and Child

1530s-40s

copy of a composition by Bernaert van Orley

ca. 1491-1541/2

Oil on panel

16 9/16 x 12 5/8 in. (42 x 32 cm)

Gift of Mrs. Oswald Brown, in memory of her maternal Grandparents, Simeon Leland, Jr. and Eleanor Anne Moore

68.99

Provenance: Collection Rudolf, Graf Czernin, formerly in the Graf Czernin'schen Gemaldegalerie, Vienna, Collection: Pereira; sold at [Christie's, London, July 2, 1965, no. 19]; purchased at auction by [Leonard Koetser Gallery, London]; purchased from gallery by Seattle Art Museum (funds from Mrs. Oswald Brown), April 1968

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryWalla Walla, Washington, Whitman College, Olin Art Gallery, "Spiritus Nativitis," November 30 - December 19, 1975

Published References"A flemish Masterpiece - The Seattle Art Museum's Christmas Greeting," in The Seattle Times, Sunday Picturial Magazine, December 21, 1969, illus. (color)

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