Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections Object : Virgin and Child

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European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection

Virgin and Child

Made in Italy, Europe

c. 1525

Altobello Melone, Italian (active Cremona), documented 1516 - 1518

Oil on panel
19 7/8 x 15 1/2 inches (50.5 x 39.4 cm)

* Gallery 208, European Art 1100-1500, second floor

Cat. 232

John G. Johnson Collection, 1917

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Altobello Melone from Cremona, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy, is known for his merging of Venetian and German painting styles. Because of their geographic proximity, artists in Lombardy often took note of developments in both of these artistic centers.

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