Hand-carved parcel gilt and painted replica of our Italian Renaissance aedicular frame with fluted pilasters, entablature with egg-&-dart, frieze with scrolling foliage in sgraffito, inscribed base
Giovanni Bellini c.1438-1516
The Virgin and Child, c.1480-85
tempera and oil on panel 24 1/2 x 18 1/8 in
Glasgow Museums
Acc. no. 575. Frame funded by Friends of Glasgow Museums for the exhibition Essence of Beauty: 500 Years of Italian Art, 2012. Image reproduced courtesy of Glasgow Museums
