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Virgin and Child

After Giovanni Bellini · 16th century or later

Analyst brief

What the record supports

The artwork, titled "Virgin and Child," is attributed to "After Giovanni Bellini" and is dated to the 16th century or later. It is an Italian European painting, executed in tempera or oil on panel, measuring 71.5 × 55.4 cm (28 1/8 × 21 3/4 in.). It is part of the Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection within the Art Institute of Chicago's Department of Painting and Sculpture of Europe.

The provenance includes Paolo Paolini, Rome, until 1924, when it was sold at an American Art Association sale to R. L. Addison. Carlo Foresti, Milan, owned it until 1930, selling it to Charles H. Worcester, Chicago, who then gifted it to the Art Institute in 1933. Earlier ownership by Carlo Ferrari, Turin, and Count Papadopoli, Padua, is cited as "possibly" according to registrar's records.

The painting was exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago's "A Century of Progress" in both 1933 and 1934. It has been referenced in several publications, including Art News in 1924, volumes of Raimond van Marle's "The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting" (1934-1935), and the Art Institute's own bulletins and guides.

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Provenance

Ownership history

Possibly Carlo Ferrari, Turin [according to registrar’s records and Rich 1938]. Possibly Count Papadopoli, Padua [according to registrar’s records]. Paolo Paolini, Rome, to 1924; sold in his sale, American Art Association, New York, December 10–11, 1924, lot 115 (ill.), to R. L. Addison for $5000 [according to American Art Sales 1924 and an annotated copy of the sale catalogue in the Ryerson Library, Art Institute]. Carlo Foresti, Milan, to 1930 [according to a letter from Charles H. Worcester to Marion Borwell dated June 3, 1930, in curatorial file]; sold to Charles H. Worcester, Chicago, 1930 [according to the letter cited above]; given to the Art Institute, 1933.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, 1933, no. 105.
Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, 1934, no. 44.

Literature

Published references

“Paolini Collection of Italian Art of the Xth Century to the XVIth to Be Placed on Sale in New York City,” Art News 23, 9 (1924), p. 5.
“Titian Brings $600, Lippi $300 at Sale,” Art News 23, 11 (1924), p. 1.
American Art Sales (Washington, D.C., December 1924), p. 5.
“The Century of Progress Exhibition of the Fine Arts,” Bulletin of The Art Institute of Chicago 27 (1933), p. 60.
“The Century of Progress Exhibition of Art for 1934,” Bulletin of The Art Institute of Chicago 28 (1934), p. 47.
Raimond van Marle, The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting, vol. 15 (The Hague, 1934), p. 560 n. 1.
Raimond van Marle, The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting, vol. 17 (The Hague, 1935), pp. 274–75, 294, fig. 162.
Albert C. Barnes and Violette de Mazia, The Art of Renoir (New York, 1935), p. 472, no. 329.
Art Institute of Chicago, A Brief Illustrated Guide to the Collections (Chicago, 1935), p. 21.
Daniel Catton Rich, Catalogue of Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection of Paintings, Sculpture, and Drawings (Chicago, 1938), pp. 8–9, no. 5, fig. 5.
Luitpold Dussler, Giovanni Bellini (Vienna, 1949), pp. 63–64.
Rodolfo Pallucchini, Giovanni Bellini: Catalogo illustrato della mostra, exh. cat. (Venice, Palazzo Ducale, 1949), under no. 90.

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