Master Paintings & Sculpture Part I
Master Paintings & Sculpture Part I
Elisabetta Sirani
Madonna and Child with a Goldfinch
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Elisabetta Sirani
Bologna 1638 - 1665
Madonna and Child with a Goldfinch
signed on the tie of the Madonna's mantle: E.A SI
oil on canvas, unlined
canvas: 32 ⅝ by 23 ½ in.; 82.9 by 59.7 cm.
framed: 37 ½ by 28 ⅝ in.; 95.3 by 72.7 cm.
Painted by the artist for Archpriest Pi[u]mazzo, circa 1663;
Possibly Giovanni Bonomi (b. 1703);
Art market, Milan;
Art market, Genoa;
Where acquired by the present owner.
C.C. Malvasia, Felsina pittrice vite de' pittori bolognesi..., G. Zanotti (ed.), vol. II, Bologna 1748, p. 399.