The Virgin with Two Angels Adoring the Child
Artist
Antonio del Massaro da Viterbo
(Italian, about 1450–about 1516)
Datelate 1400s–early 1500s
Mediumtempera on panel
Dimensionspanel: 79.1 x 41.6 cm (31 1/8 x 16 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1914.44
Label TextAntonio del Massaro, called Pastura, was a native of the Town of Viterbo and so is sometimes referred to as Antonio da Viterbo. Another painter is also called by that name, however, so the use of "Pastura" avoids confusion. He is recorded working at Orvieto and Tarquinta, as well as in Viterbo, and was influenced by the work of Perugino.
The composition of this picture is derived from a painting by Perugino in the Villa Albani in Rome. The attribution to Pastura has been supported by several critics.ProvenanceLevesque & Co., Paris France; sold to the Worcester Art Museum, 21 November 1914.
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