The Virgin and Child with two angels
Relief
ca. 1461 (sculpted), ca. 1893 (cast)
ca. 1461 (sculpted), ca. 1893 (cast)
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| Place of origin |
Plaster cast of the Virgin and Child with two angels after the terracotta original with traces of gilding by Bartolommeo Bellano in the Bode Museum, Berlin. The original relief in Berlin was cast from a lunette-shaped relief in the Quincy A. Shaw Collection in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston signed OPVS BARTOLOMEVS BELANI and dated 1461. In order to adjust it to a rectangular format, the cast in Berlin was made up at the sides and cut down at the top. It was purchased in Florence in 1889 and given to the Museum in Berlin by Karl von der Heydt. The existence of two other casts in terracotta is known, and it is uncertain whether these, together with the cast in Berlin, date from the 15th or the 19th century.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | The Virgin and Child with two angels (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Plaster cast |
| Brief description | Plaster cast of a relief of The Virgin and Child with two angels by Bartolommeo Bellano, Florence ca. 1461, taken from the cast in the Bode Museum Berlin (possibly 15th century or 19th century). |
| Physical description | Plaster cast of the Virgin and Child with two angels after the terracotta original with traces of gilding by Bartolommeo Bellano in the Bode Museum, Berlin. The original relief in Berlin was cast from a lunette-shaped relief in the Quincy A. Shaw Collection in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston signed OPVS BARTOLOMEVS BELANI and dated 1461. In order to adjust it to a rectangular format, the cast in Berlin was made up at the sides and cut down at the top. It was purchased in Florence in 1889 and given to the Museum in Berlin by Karl von der Heydt. The existence of two other casts in terracotta is known, and it is uncertain whether these, together with the cast in Berlin, date from the 15th or the 19th century. |
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| Object history | Acquired in exchange from the Königlichen Museum, Berlin in 1893 |
| Historical context | The original relief in Berlin was cast from a lunette-shaped relief in the Quincy A. Shaw Collection in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston signed OPVS BARTOLOMEVS BELANI and dated 1461. In order to adjust it to a rectangular format, the cast in Berlin was made up at the sides and cut down at the top. It was purchased in Florence in 1889 and given to the Museum in Berlin by Karl von der Heydt. The existence of two other casts in terracotta is known, and it is uncertain whether these, together with the cast in Berlin, date from the 15th or the 19th century. |
| Production | About 1461 or 19th century |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Other number | SCP.LOST.189 - Previous lost number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | REPRO.1893-4 |
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| Record created | June 26, 2000 |
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