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The Virgin and Child with angels

Relief
1420-1430 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Italy (made)

This relief is one of a group of related reliefs showing the Virgin worshipping the Christ Child on her lap. Another version of the same composition in painted stucco is in the sacristy of the cathedral at Salò on Lake Garda, which includes a third angel at the apex where the present relief has been restored. This terracotta relief in made in North Italy (Lombardy) in about 1420-1430.


Object details

Categories
Reliefs
Christianity
Reliefs
Object type
Relief
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Relief
  • Relief
TitleThe Virgin and Child with angels (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Terra-cotta relief painted and gilt
Terracotta
Paint
Gilded
Relief
Brief description
Relief, terracotta painted and gilded, Virgin and Child, North Italy (Lombardy), ca. 1420-1430
Physical description
A seated figure of the Virgin with the infant Saviour on her lap; above are two angels.
Dimensions
  • Height: 73.66cm
  • Width: 50.8cm
Object history
Acquired in Brescia (vendor not recorded), Italy, in 1882.
Subjects depicted
Angels
The Virgin Mary
Angel
Summary
This relief is one of a group of related reliefs showing the Virgin worshipping the Christ Child on her lap. Another version of the same composition in painted stucco is in the sacristy of the cathedral at Salò on Lake Garda, which includes a third angel at the apex where the present relief has been restored. This terracotta relief in made in North Italy (Lombardy) in about 1420-1430.
Bibliographic references
  • List of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington Museum acquired during the Year 1882. London, 1883, p. 7
  • Schlegel, Ursula, 'Ein Veronesisches Madonnenrelief aus der zeit der Internationalen gotik', Anthologia di Belle Arti. no. 25-6, 1985, pp. 5-8
  • MacLagan, E, and Longhurst, Margaret, H. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture. London, V&A, 1932, p. 18
  • Pope-Hennessy, John. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1964, p. 371
  • Mucchi, Il duomo di Salò. Salò, 1932, pp. 386-9
  • Longhi. 'Qualche aggiunta antologica al 'Gotico internazionale' in Italia', Paragone. xiii, 1962, no. 155, p. 79
  • Raggio, Olga. 'Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum.' Art Bulletin. 1968, vol. L, p. 100
  • Negri Arnoldi, Francesco. 'Scultura italiana al Victoria and Albert Museum, I & II', Commentari. xxi, June-July 1970, pp. 17-18
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
69-1882

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
Record URL
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