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| Keywords: Jacopo del Sellaio - Madonna Adoring The Child - Walters 37631.jpg This work is one of a group of panels attributed to Jacopo del Sellaio or his workshop depicting the Virgin and Child Iconograhically this Madonna and Child conforms with some variations to a type inspired by the vision experienced by St Birgitta of Sweden died 1373 in which the Virgin was obliged to place her new-born on the bare ground It was believed that Christ accepted this as an expression of his great humility Some artists found this too shocking and placed the Child on the hem of Mary's cloak rather than on the bare ground The panel has suffered considerable damage over time Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 62 98 between 1441 1500 Renaissance oil on panel Painted surface H including curved strips 28 3/8 x W 16 3/8 x D 5/8 in 72 x 41 6 x 1 6 cm accession number 37 631 13779 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown 1881 catalogue no 24 1897 catalogue no 86 as Tuscan School end of the 14th century Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 Transcription On the scroll held by St John the Baptist ECE ANI DEI QITOLLI i e ECCE AGNUS DEI QUI TOLLIT PECCATA MUNDI place of origin Florence Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Italian Renaissance paintings in the Walters Art Museum Jacopo del Sellaio Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Madonna and Child Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update | ||||
