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Virgin and Child

c. 1460
(Italian, 1419–1491)
Italy, 15th century
tempera on wood panel
Framed: 59.1 x 35.6 x 3.8 cm (23 1/4 x 14 x 1 1/2 in.); Unframed: 54 x 30.8 cm (21 1/4 x 12 1/8 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Henry White Cannon 1946.242
Location: 117B Italian Renaissance
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When cleaned in 1947, a modern hedge with orange trees was removed from the background of this painting.

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Neri de Bicci was a prolific painter of mainly religious themes, active principally in Florence as a panel painter. His grandfather Lorenzo di Bicci was also a painter in Florence, a pupil of Spinello Aretino. His journals from the years 1453-75, including the rates of remuneration for his work, are still preserved in the library of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.
Virgin and Child

Virgin and Child

c. 1460

Neri de Bicci

(Italian, 1419–1491)
Italy, 15th century

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