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Virgin and Child with six angels

Relief
last quarter of the 14th century (carved)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The Virgin is shown enthroned on an irregular projecting step, beneath a canopy of which the curtains are held up by two angels in the upper corners. Four other angels appear.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleVirgin and Child with six angels (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Marble carved in high relief
Brief description
Panel relief, marble carved in high relief, Virgin and Child, Lombardy, last quarter of 14th century
Physical description
The Virgin is shown enthroned on an irregular projecting step, beneath a canopy of which the curtains are held up by two angels in the upper corners. Four other angels appear.
Dimensions
  • Height: 34.6cm
  • Width: 26.7cm
Object history
Bought, 1 l. 18s.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Arnoldi, Franceso Negri, 'Scultura Italiana al Victoria and Albert Museum I&II. In: Commentari, anno XXI, June-July 1970. Fascicoli, pp. 23
  • Inventory of Art Objects Acquired in the Year 1863 In: Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, Arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol I. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868, p. 44
  • Pope-Hennessy, John. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Volume I: Text. Eighth to Fifteenth Century. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1964, p. 47
  • Previtali, Giovanni. 'Due lezioni sulla scultura 'umbra' del Trecento', in: Studi sulla scultura gothica in Italia, Turin, 1991, pp. 55-56, fig. 95 (originally published in Prospettiva, XXXI, October 1982, pp. 17-35)
Collection
Accession number
7784-1863

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Record createdDecember 15, 1999
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