Madonna and Child with Columbines

Madonna and Child with Columbines

late 1490s
Artist
Follower of
Leonardo da Vinci, Italian, 1452-1519
Country
Italy
Object
painting
Medium
Oil paint on panel
Accession Number
1961.166
Credit Line
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation

Follower of Leonardo da Vinci, Madonna and Child with Columbines, about 1490. 19 3/8 × 14 7/8 in. (49.2 × 37.8 cm). Oil paint on panel; Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1961.166

Dimensions
image height: 19 3/8 in, 49.2125 cm; image width: 14 7/8 in, 37.7825 cm; frame height: 26.5 in, 67.3100 cm; frame width: 22.125 in, 56.1975 cm; frame depth: 3.75 in, 9.5250 cm
Department
European and American Art Before 1900
Collection
European Painting and Sculpture before 1900
Known Provenance
Private Collection, England. (Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi [1878 1955] Rome Florence); sold to Samuel H. Kress [1863-1955] on 1 January 1936 as Ambrogio de Predis; gift to the National Gallery of Art in 1939; deaccessioned in 1952 and returned to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation; gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 1961 Provenance research is on-going at the Denver Art Museum and we will post information as it becomes available. Please e-mail provenance@denverartmuseum.org, if you have questions, or if you have additional information to share with us.
Exhibition History
  • "Leonardo Lives: The Codex and Leonardo da Vinci's Legacy of Art and Science"—Seattle Art Museum, 10/23/1997 - 01/11/1998
  • "The Nature of Looking: The Spiritual in Art", Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO, September 23, 2000-January 14, 2001