Altman Madonna
| The Altman Madonna | |
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| Artist | Andrea Mantegna |
| Year | 1495-1505 |
| Medium | glue tempera and gold on canvas |
| Dimensions | 57.2 cm × 45.7 cm (22.5 in × 18.0 in) |
| Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
The Altman Madonna or 'Holy Family with St Mary Magdalene is a glue-tempera and gold on canvas painting, measuring 57.2 by 45.7 cm and dating to 1495-1505. Painted by Andrea Mantegna, it is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.[1]
Its use of canvas and its stylistic similarities to works such as the Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona).
It was sold in 1902 by Agosto d'Aiuti, a Neapolitan count, to an English antiquarian in London.[2] After passing through various owners, it was acquired in 1912 by the American collector Benjamin Altman, who bequeathed it to the Metropolitan Museum in 1913[3]
References
- ISBN 9788883101878
- ^ Catalogue entry
- ^ John Pope-Hennessy, The Altman Madonna by Antonio Rossellino, in Metropolitan Museum Journal, vol. 3, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1970.