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Master of the Pala Sforzesca: Madonna and Child with a Cat
Artist	Master of the Pala Sforzesca       Alternative names Master of the Pala Sforzesca, Master of the Sforza Altarpiece, Maestro della Pala Sforzesca Description Italian painter Date of birth/death 15th century date QS:P,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7   16th century date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7   Work period between circa 1490 and circa 1500 date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1490-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 Work location Milan (1480–1520)  Authority file : Q3842994 VIAF: 18482198 ISNI: 0000000030493361 ULAN: 500018579 LCCN: n78044953 GND: 12137842X WorldCat artist QS:P170,Q3842994
Title	Madonna and Child
Object type	painting
Genre	religious art
Description	Madonna and Child
Depicted people	Virgin Mary  Christ Child
Date	between 1483 and 1487 date QS:P571,+1483-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1483-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1487-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 (Renaissance era QS:P2348,Q4692 )
Medium	oil on panelmedium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259
Dimensions	Painted surface height: 52.8 cm (20.7 in); width: 42.7 cm (16.8 in) dimensions QS:P2048,52.8U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,42.7U174728 ; Panel height: 55.2 cm (21.7 in); width: 44.1 cm (17.3 in); depth: 1.9 cm (0.7 in) dimensions QS:P2048,55.2U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,44.1U174728 dimensions QS:P5524,1.9U174728
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	37.455
Place of creation	Lombardy, Italy
Object history	Private collection, Florence, prior to 1912 [mode of acquisition unknown] [Bernard Berenson (?)] Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913 [mode of acquisition unknown] [through Berenson] 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Credit line	Acquired by Henry Walters, 1913
Inscriptions	[Transcription] Along the edges of the Virgin's mantle: GRACIA PLENA
References	Federico Zeri (1976) (in English) Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore: Walters Art Gallery, no. 197 , pp. 290−291 OCLC: 2463997.
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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