- Title:
- The Virgin and Child with Saints
- Object name(s):
- Picture; Italian
- Brief description:
- This painting, which has suffered extensive damage and is currently undergoing conservation, is signed and dated on the paper on the marble ledge. The writing translates as: 'Andrea thread and needle follower of Giovanni Bellini painted this in 1504.' Andrea Previtali signed himself 'thread and needle' because his father was a tailor. Previtali's painting is similar to Giovanni Bellini's Giovanelli Sacra Conversazione (Accademia, Venice), which may explain why he signed his name as well as his own.The infant Christ places a ring on Saint Catherine's finger, echoing her vision that she had a 'mystic marriage' with Christ. The Virgin holds Saint Catherine's finger while Saint John the Baptist watches. The painting would probably have been used for private devotion at home.A painting by Previtali in S. Giobbe in Venice with the same composition is likely to have been painted first and the National Gallery picture painted later by Previtali.
- Collection:
- National Gallery
- Accession date:
- 1894-01-01
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1894
- Date - latest:
- 1894
- Associated concept:
- religious imagery
- Associated concept:
- Virgin and Child
- Associated concept:
- marriages
- Associated concept:
- martyrs
- Associated concept:
- Virgin Mary
- Associated concept:
- mystic marriage of St Catherine of Alexandria
- Associated concept:
- camel skin of St John the Baptist
- Associated concept:
- reed cross of St John the Baptist
- Associated concept:
- coral
- Credit line:
- Bought, 1894
- Current location:
- Not on display
- Current reproduction location:
- 2/803/918/320/mid_N-1409-00-000018.jpg
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measured part:
- Overall
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 66.30
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measured part:
- Overall
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 87.50
- Form:
- None
- Inscription content:
- Signed; Dated and inscribed
- Material:
- oil on wood
- Material:
- oil
- Material:
- poplar
- Object name:
- Picture; Italian (Bergamo)
- Object production date:
- 1504
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1504
- Date - latest:
- 1504
- Object production date:
- Date - period:
- 1500-24
- Object production person:
- Andrea Previtali
- Person's birth date:
- 1480
- Person's death date:
- 1528
- Object production place:
- Italy
- Object production place:
- Venice
- Other number:
- NG1409
- Other number type:
- object number
- Other number:
- 0FQO-0001-0000-0000
- Other number type:
- PID
- Other number:
- NG1409
- Other number type:
- display number
- Other number:
- 000-040D-0000
- Other number type:
- PID (NG alternative)
- Other number:
- ng31409
- Other number type:
- sort number
- Responsible department/section:
- Main Collection
- Right note:
- To encourage the use and reuse of the National Gallery's collection data, they are released under the following dedications and licences: Structured data (as opposed to narrative texts) are released under a Creative Commons Zero dedication (CC0): https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Descriptions, notes and all other narrative text content are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence (CC BY): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Images are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 licence (CC BY-NC-ND): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
- Style:
- high Renaissance
- User's reference:
- National Gallery Catalogues: The Sixteenth Century Italian Paintings
- Reference details:
- 276-81
- Reference note:
- Latest catalogue
- Reference type:
- reference
- User's reference:
- National Gallery Catalogues: The Earlier Italian Schools
- Reference details:
- 461
- Reference note:
- Previous catalogues
- Reference type:
- reference
- User's reference:
- National Gallery Catalogues: The Earlier Italian Schools
- Reference details:
- 351
- Reference note:
- Previous catalogues
- Reference type:
- reference
- User's reference:
- The National Gallery: Complete Illustrated Catalogue
- Reference details:
- 548
- Reference note:
- Key bibliography
- Reference type:
- reference
- User's reference:
- Andrea Previtali / Antonio Mazzotta.
- Reference details:
- Ill. fig. 1 (p. 10)
- Reference type:
- reference
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Use licence for this record: CC BY
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