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Maker(s):	Master of the Chigi-Saracini Desco
Culture:	Italian (active ca. 1510-1540)
Title:	Desco da Parto (Birth Tray)
Date Made:	1520-1540
Type:	Painting
Materials:	Oil, tempera on panel
Place Made:	Europe; Italy; Siena
Measurements:	Frame: 20 7/8 in x 20 3/4 in x 2 in; 53 cm x 52.7 cm x 5.1 cm; Board: 16 in x 16 in; 40.6 cm x 40.6 cm
Accession Number:	MH 2018.20
Credit Line:	Gift of Jennifer J. Vorbach (Class of 1978) in honor of Wendy Watson (Curator, 1974-2015) and partial purchase with the Art Acquisition Fund
Museum Collection:	Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Currently on view

Description:
16-sided panel painting and frame. Scene depicting a woman lying in a 4-posted bed, reaching towards a tray next to her, while another woman enters from the doorway on the right, carrying a bowl, and a third sits with her back to the viewer in the foreground, holding a swaddled infant. Other furniture, a mirror, and a painting adorn the interior room.

Tags:
interiors; bedrooms; beds; women

Subjects:
interior; Women

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