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The Virgin and Child

Relief
second half of 16th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Lombardy (made)

This marble panel relief representing the Virgin and Child with Martha and St. Mary Magdalen is made in Italian (Lombardy) in the second half of the 16th century.


Object details

Categories
Christianity
Religion
Reliefs
Sculpture
Object type
Relief
TitleThe Virgin and Child (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Marble in relief
Marble
Relief
Brief description
Panel relief, marble, the Virgin and Child with Martha and St. Mary Magdalen, Italian (Lombardy), second half of 16th century
Physical description
This panel relief represents the Virgin and Child with Saint Martha and Saint Mary Magdalen. In the centre is the Virgin seated on a throne supporting the standing Child, who extends his hand to a basin held by St. Martha. The Virgin turns her head over the left shoulder towards St. Mary Magdalen. Looped up curtains fill the upper corners of the relief,
Dimensions
  • Height: 43.2cm
  • Width: 31.8cm
Object history
Purchased in Milan, £14 8s. 4d. in 1863.
Subjects depicted
Basin
Throne
Curtains
Virgin and Child
Martha (Saint)
Mary Magdalen (Magdalene)
Summary
This marble panel relief representing the Virgin and Child with Martha and St. Mary Magdalen is made in Italian (Lombardy) in the second half of the 16th century.
Bibliographic references
  • 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. 45
  • Maclagan, Eric and Longhurst, Margaret H. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture. Text. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1932, p. 163
  • Pope-Hennessy, John. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Volume II: Text. Sixteenth to Twentieth Century. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1964, pp. 561, 62
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
8379-1863

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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