The Madonna and Child

Details

Follower of Giovanni Bellini
The Madonna and Child
oil and tempera on panel
20 x 16 7/8 in. 50.8 x 42.9 cm.

Provenance

with Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam.
Looted by the Nazi authorities, July 1940.
Recovered by the Allies, 1945.
in the custody of the Dutch Government.
Restituted in February 2006 to the heir of Jacques Goudstikker.

Literature

De Bondt-Somer in C. Wiethoff ed., The Early Venetian Paintings in Holland, Maarssen, 1978, no. 7, fig. 35.
C. Wright, Paintings in Dutch Museums, Amsterdam, 1980, p. 27.
F. Heinemann, Giovanni Bellini e i Belliniani, III, 'Supplemento e ampliamenti', Hildesheim, 1991, no. 130 w.
Old Master Paintings: An illustrated summary catalogue, The Hague, Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst (The Netherlandish Office for the Fine Arts), 1992, p. 36, no. 142, illustrated (as 'Follower of Giovanni Bellini').
C.E. de Jong-Janssen in D. H. van Wengen, Catalogue of the Italian Paintings in the Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, 1995, pp. 22-3, fig. 4 (as 'Follower of Giovanni Bellini, second half 16th century').

Exhibited

Maastricht, Bonnefantenmuseum, on loan.

Lot Essay

Painted by an unidentified follower of the great Venetian master Giovanni Bellini, the present small, half-length Madonna was originally intended as a private devotional object, for which there was a substantial and growing market during Bellini's lifetime. The figure of the Madonna is derived from his famous San Zaccaria Altarpiece (Church of San Zaccaria, Venice), though the gaze of the Child differs in direction. The tonality reflects the paintings of Bellini's final decade.

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