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Picturing Mary: Woman, Mother, Idea
National Museum of Women in the Arts | December 5, 2014 –April 12, 2015
Elisabetta Sirani, Virgin and Child, 1663; Oil on canvas, 34 × 27 1/2 in.;
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., Gift of Wallace and Wilhelmina
Holladay; Conservation funds generously provided by the Southern California State
Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts
Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro Filipepi), Madonna and Child (Madonna col Bambino),
also called Madonna of the Book (Madonna del Libro), 1480–81;
Tempera and oil on wood panel, 22 7/8 × 15 5/8 in.; Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan; inv. 443
Artemisia Gentileschi, Madonna and Child (Madonna col Bambino), 1609–10;
Oil on canvas, 46 1/2 × 33 7/8 in.;
Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence; inv. 1890 no. 2129
Fra Filippo Lippi, Madonna and Child (Madonna col Bambino), ca. 1466–69;
Tempera on wood panel, 45 1/4 × 28 in.;
Provincia di Firenze, Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence
Sofonisba Anguissola, Self-Portrait at the Easel, 1556; Oil on canvas, 26 × 22 3/8 in.;
Muzeum-Zamek, Łańcut; inv. 916MT
Lorenzo di Credi, The Annunciation and Three Stories from Genesis (Annunciazione e Tre
Storie della Genesi), ca. 1480–85; Tempera on wood panel, 34 5/8 × 28 in.;
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; inv. 1890 n. 1597
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Picturing Mary: Woman, Mother, Idea
National Museum of Women in the Arts | December 5, 2014 –April 12, 2015
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Madonna of the Goldfinch, ca. 1767–70;
Oil on canvas, 24 13/16 × 19 13/16 in.; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.;
Samuel H. Kress Collection; inv. 1943.4.40
Gerard David, The Annunciation, ca. 1490; Oil on oak panel, 13 11/16 × 9 3/16 × 1 in.;
Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase; inv. 27.201
Cosmè Tura, Madonna and Child in a Garden, ca. 1460–70;
Tempera and oil on wood panel, 21 × 14 5/8 in.; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.;
Samuel H. Kress Collection; inv. 1952.5.29
Cosmè Tura, attrib., Madonna and Child (Madonna col Bambino), ca. 1460–70;
Terracotta, 23 1/4 × 15 1/8 × 6 1/4 in.; Grimaldi Fava Collection
Master of the Orleans Triptych (?), Nativity (Natività), ca. 1500;
Enamel on copper, 7 5/8 × 6 7/8 in.;
Diocese of Prato (Deposit from Private Collectors); inv. RFO445a
Orsola Maddalena Caccia, The Birth of St. John the Baptist
(Nascita di San Giovanni Battista), ca. 1635; Oil on canvas, 112 1/4 × 77 1/2 in.;
Parrocchia Sant’Antonio di Padova, Moncalvo, Asti
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Picturing Mary: Woman, Mother, Idea
National Museum of Women in the Arts | December 5, 2014 –April 12, 2015
Sassoferrato (Giovanni Battista Salvi), Madonna and Child (Madonna col Bambino), ca. 1650;
Oil on canvas, 52 3/8 × 38 5/8 in.; Vatican Museums, Vatican City; inv. 40396
Federico Barocci, Rest on the Flight into Egypt (Il Riposo durante la Fuga in Egitto),
also called Madonna of the Cherries (La Madonna delle Ciliegie), 1570–73;
Oil on canvas, 52 3/8 × 43 1/4 in.; Vatican Museums, Vatican City; inv. 40377
Albrecht Dürer, The Assumption and Coronation of the Virgin, 1510;
Woodcut, 11 7/16 × 8 1/8 in.;
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.3630
Vittore Carpaccio, Marriage of the Virgin (Sposalizio della Vergine),
also called Miracle of the Flowering Staff (Miracolo della Verga Fiorita),
1502–05; Oil on canvas, 56 3/4 × 60 in.; Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
Puccio Capanna, Madonna and Child with Annunciation and Female Saints
(Regina Virginum), ca. 1330; Tempera and gold on wood panel, 14 3/8 × 9 1/2 in.;
Vatican Museums, Vatican City; inv. 40170
Luca della Robbia, Madonna and Child (Madonna col Bambino), also called Madonna of the
Rose Garden (Madonna del Roseto), ca. 1450–60; Glazed terracotta, 32 5/8 × 24 3/4 in.;
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence; inv. R031
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Picturing Mary: Woman, Mother, Idea
National Museum of Women in the Arts | December 5, 2014 –April 12, 2015
Unknown Artist, Chasuble Cross embroidered with Pietà, Angels, and Saints,
ca. first half of 16th century; Wool embroidered with silk and gold thread, 45 5/8 × 20 in.;
Diocese of Prato (Deposit from Private Collectors); inv. RF985
Maison Samson, Deposition from the Cross and Mourners (Deposizione della Croce, i
Dolenti), late 19th century; Grisaille enamel on copper framed in gilded wood,
33 1/4 × 25 1/4 in.; Diocese of Prato (Deposit from Private Collectors); inv. RF853
Giorgio Vasari, Crucifixion, ca. 1560s; Oil on panel, 74 × 53 1/8 × 2 1/8 in.;
Private Collection
Nicolò Barabino, Faith with Representations of the Arts
(La Fede con i Rappresentanti delle Arti), 1884–85; Oil on canvas, 89 3/4 × 112 1/4 in.;
Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence; inv. N. 90.87.1028
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Unknown Artist, Dalmatic with embroidered panels showing Mary’s Assumption,
ca. mid-16th century; Linen and silk brocade with silk lampas, 42 1/8 × 44 7/8 in.,
Diocese of Prato (Deposit from Private Collectors); inv. RFC004
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