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| Keywords: Master of the Castello Nativity - Madonna and Child - Walters 371163.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator Master of the Castello Nativity en The Virgin Mary dressed in blue as Queen of Heaven holds the Christ Child The infant Jesus is naked to remind us of the miracle of the Incarnation that God has become flesh and blood The subject allowed the artist to display his skill in depicting the body naturalistically The emphasis on regular three-dimensional shapes revealing knowledge of geometry was characteristic of Florentine painting of this period as can also be seen in the works of Filippo Lippi The frame was almost certainly made in the 19th century For more information on this panel please see Zeri catalogue number 45 pp 74-75 between 1456 1459 early Renaissance tempera gold panel Panel H including original engaged molding 29 x W 20 1/4 x Approx D 1 1/4 in 73 7 x 51 4 x 3 2 cm ; <br>Painted surface cm 69 5 46 7 accession number 37 1163 13046 Arnold Seligmann Rey and Co Munich and New York date and mode of acquisition unknown listed in Zeri as A S Drey of Munich and New York Henry Walters Baltimore 1924 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1924 An Exhibition of the Treasures of The Walters Art Gallery The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Pace Wildenstein Gallery New York; Smith College Museum of Art Northampton 1967 place of origin Florence Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Renaissance paintings in the Walters Art Museum Master of the Castello Nativity Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Madonna and Child | ||||
