Christ Enthroned, the Virgin, Saint Francesca Romana, an Angel and Donor

between 1470 and 1475

Antoniazzo Romano Italian, 1435/40–1508

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Title Christ Enthroned, the Virgin, Saint Francesca Romana, an Angel and Donor

Artwork Date between 1470 and 1475

Artist Antoniazzo Romano

Life Dates 1435/40–1508

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Italian

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Tempera on wood panel

Dimensions Image: 17 15/16 × 14 inches (45.6 × 35.6 cm) Overall: 20 7/8 × 16 1/8 × 2 3/8 inches (53 × 41 × 6 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department European Painting

Credit City of Detroit Purchase

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 26.111

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Provenance

until 1914, private collection (Florence, Italy);
May 7-9, 1914, auctioned (Florence, Italy), lot 38;
possibly between 1914 and 1925, (Luigi Grassi, Florence, Italy);
until 1926, collection of Achillito Chiesa (Milan, Italy);
April 16, 1926, auctioned by (American Art Association, New York, New York, USA), pt. 2, lot 19;
1926, purchased by (F. Kleinberger, New York, New York, USA);
1926-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Longhi, R. "In favore di Antoniazzo Romano," Vita Artistica (1927): p. 228. Reprint, Longhi, R. Saggi e ricerche,1925-1928. Florence, 1967 [dates picture to ca. 1475].

Heil, W. Catalogue of Paintings in the Permanent Collection of The Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1930, cat. 4, (repr.).

Berenson, B. Italian Pictures Of The Renaissance. Oxford, 1932, p. 26 [listed as Christ in Glory, a kneeling Worshipper, Angels, and two Female Saints; as done in part by artist].

Van Marle, R. The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting. The Hague, 1934, vol. 15, pp. 264, 265, note 1; p. 279 [mistakenly lists picture as formerly in Booth collection; suggests late date ca. 1490].

Berenson, B. Pitture italiane del rinascimento. Milan, 1936, p. 22 [as in part by artist].

Mostra Di Melozzo e del Quattrocento Romagnolo. Exh. cat., Palazzo dei Musei. Forlì, 1938, p. 47, cat. 67 [entry by C. Gnudi].

Richardson, E.P. Catalogue of Paintings, 2nd ed. Detroit, 1944, pp. 6-7, no. 4.

Paintings in the DIA: a checklist of the paintings acquired before June 1965. Detroit, 1965, p. 9.

Berenson, B. Italian pictures of the Renaissance: a list of the principal artists and their works with an index of places. Central Italian and North Italian schools, vol. 1. London, 1968, p. 15 [as in part by the artist].

Fredericksen, B. and F. Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections. Cambridge, 1972, p. 10.

Noehles, G. "Antoniazzo Romano." Ph.D. diss., Münster, 1973, pp. 45-46, 130.

Hedberg, G.S. "Antoniazzo Romano and his School." 2 vols., Ph.D. diss., New York University, 1980, pp. 161-62, cat. 10, (fig. 65), p. 200 (cited under cat. 56).

Paolucci, A. Antoniazzo Romano: catalogo completo (series: I gigli d'arte, 26). Florence, 1992, p. 127, cat. 37, (repr.) [notes similarity of panel with image in convent of S. Sabina, Rome].

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Antoniazzo Romano, Christ Enthroned, the Virgin, Saint Francesca Romana, an Angel and Donor, between 1470 and 1475, tempera on wood panel. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 26.111.