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On display at V&A South Kensington
Cast Courts, Room 46b, The Weston Cast Court

Taddei tondo

Roundel
1504-1505 (sculpted), ca. 1902 (cast)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plaster Cast ofthe Taddei Tondo: The Virgin and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist after the marble original in the Royal Academy, London.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Taddei tondo (popular title)
  • The Virgin and Child with St John the Baptist (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Plaster cast
Brief description
Plaster Cast of the Taddei tondo: The Virgin and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist after the marble original in the Royal Academy, London; Michelangelo, 1504-5, cast ca. 1902
Physical description
Plaster Cast ofthe Taddei Tondo: The Virgin and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist after the marble original in the Royal Academy, London.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 104cm
Object history
Details of acquisition unrecorded, accessioned in 1902
Historical context
This unfinished relief is one of two tondi which Vasari (1550) states that Michelangelo blocked out, but did not complete, while working on the David (1501-4) in Florence. It was executed for Taddeo Taddei (1470-1528), a patron of both Michelangelo and Raphael, and was originally in his house.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
REPRO.1902-98

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Record createdJuly 10, 2000
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