Madonna and Child
Girolamo da Treviso the elder, Madonna and Child, 1480/1485, tempera on wood, Gift of The Samuel H. Kress Foundation, public domain, 61.43
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- Title
Madonna and Child
- Artist
- Date
1480/1485
- Period
High Renaissance (late 15th-1520s)
- Medium
tempera on wood
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
29 3/4 in x 20 3/4 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
signature: HIERONIMUS TARVISIO P, front center in painting
- Collection Area
European Art
- Category
Paintings
- Object Type
painting
- Culture
Italian
- Credit Line
Gift of The Samuel H. Kress Foundation
- Accession Number
61.43
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
As with many paintings from the Renaissance, the centuries have not been kind to this panel. Heavy overpainting had covered losses and earlier damage to the paint’s surface. In 2005-2006, the Kress Program of Paintings Conservation, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, treated it, clearing away earlier restorations. First, the panel was stabilized and the old overpainting was removed. Then, through judicious inpainting of areas where the original paint had been lost, the delicacy and integrity were returned to this devotional painting from the School of Treviso.