Hand-carved, gilded and inscribed replica of a Florentine Renaissance aedicular frame with stop-fluted Corinthian pilasters supporting entablature with dentil moulding; base with lotus leaf mouldings
Sandro Botticelli
The Virgin Adoring the Sleeping Christ Child, c.1490
tempera on fabric 47 3/4 x 31 5/8 in
Scottish National Gallery
Purchased with the aid of the Heritage Lottery, Fund, Art Fund, Scottish Executive, Bank of Scotland. NG-2709.
