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Artist



Alternative names	Raffaello Santi, Raffaello de Urbino, Rafael Sanzio de Urbino, Raffael
Description	Italian painter and architect
Date of birth/death	6 April 1483	6 April 1520
Location of birth/death	Urbino	Rome
Work location	Florence, Rome, Perugia
Authority control	WorldCat

Title

Madonna and Child.

Description

English: The Small ‚Cowper‘ Madonna

Italiano: La piccola Madonna ‚Cowper‘

Date

circa 1505

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

Height: 59.5 cm (23.4 in). Width: 44 cm (17.3 in).

Current location

National Gallery of Art

	Native name	National Gallery of Art
	Location	Washington, D.C.
	Coordinates	38° 53′ 29.29″ N, 77° 1′ 12.04″ W
	Established	1937
	Website	www.nga.gov
	Authority control	WorldCat

West Main Floor Gallery 20

Accession number

1942.9.57

Object history

Anonymous collection or dealer, Florence, sold c. 1780 to George Clavering-Cowper, 3rd Earl Cowper, 3rd Earl Cowper [1738-1789], Florence; by inheritance to George Augustus Clavering-Cowper, 4th Earl Cowper [d. 1799]; by inheritance to Peter Leopold Louis Francis Nassau Clavering-Cowper, 5th Earl Cowper [d. 1837], Panshanger, Hertford, England; by inheritance to George Augustus Frederick Cowper, 6th Earl Cowper [d. 1856], Panshanger; by inheritance to Francis Thomas De Grey Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper and 7th Baron Lucas [d. 1905], Panshanger and Wrest Park, Bedford, England; by inheritance to his widow, Katrine Cecilia Compton Cowper, Countess Cowper [d. 1913], Panshanger; by inheritance to Lady Ethel Desborough, granddaughter of the 6th Earl, Panshanger; sold 1913 to (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris); sold 1914 to Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park; gift 1942 to NGA.

Credit line

Widener Collection

References

National Gallery of Art

Source/Photographer

ibiblio.org

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