Virgin & Child
Statuette
1536 (made)
1536 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
The inscription on the front of the base reads: M.D.?AMBRS TAIAPREDA DI MAZOLIS/ XXXVI. The word 'Taiapreda' is a Venetian dialect form of the Italian 'Tagliapietra', meaning stone-cutter. The sculptor may be identical with one bearing the same first name who received payment in May 1524 for work on the Scuola di Dan Rocco, one of the main religious confraternities in Venice. The statue may have formed the centre of a more extensive group, and the gaze of both Virgin and Child was probably directed towards figures of donors who wuld have commissioned and paid for the work. The marble is weathered and was probably situated on the outside of a building, perhaps in a lunette above a doorway.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Virgin & Child |
| Materials and techniques | Marble |
| Brief description | Statuette in marble, 'Virgin & Child', by Ambrogio di Mazolis, 1536, Italian |
| Physical description | The Virgin is shown seated in a frontal pose, with her knees apart and her left hand held across her body, looking downwards to her left. With her right arm she supports the child, who stands on her right knee grasping an orb or apple in his hands. |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | M.D.
AMBRS TAIAPREDA DI MAZOLIS
XXXVI (Inscription; decoration; On the front of the base; 1536)
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| Gallery label | The Virgin and Child
1536
Ambrogio di Mazolis (active 1524–36)
As the marble is weathered, this sculpture was probably
once placed on the outside of a building, forming the
central element of a larger group. The sculptor may be
the ‘Ambrogio’ who was paid in May 1524 for work on
the Scuola di San Rocco, one of the main religious
confraternities in Venice.
Italy, Venice
Marble
Inscribed with the sculptor’s name and the date
Museum no. 1815-1892(26/11/2010) |
| Object history | The statue may have formed the centre of a more extensive group, and the gaze of both the Virgin and Child are probably directed towards the figures of the donors who would have commissioned and paid for the work. The marble is weathered and was probably situated on the outside of a building. |
| Historical context | The inscription on the front of the base reads: M.D./AMBRS TAIAPREDA DI MAZOLIS/XXXVI. The word 'Taiapreda@ is a Venetian dialect form of the Italian 'Tagliapietra', meaning stone-cutter. The sculptor may be identical with one bearing the same first name who received payment in May 1524 for work on the Scuola di San Rocco, one of the main religious confraternities in Venice |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | The inscription on the front of the base reads: M.D.?AMBRS TAIAPREDA DI MAZOLIS/ XXXVI. The word 'Taiapreda' is a Venetian dialect form of the Italian 'Tagliapietra', meaning stone-cutter. The sculptor may be identical with one bearing the same first name who received payment in May 1524 for work on the Scuola di Dan Rocco, one of the main religious confraternities in Venice. The statue may have formed the centre of a more extensive group, and the gaze of both Virgin and Child was probably directed towards figures of donors who wuld have commissioned and paid for the work. The marble is weathered and was probably situated on the outside of a building, perhaps in a lunette above a doorway. |
| Bibliographic references |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1815-1892 |
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| Record created | October 28, 2002 |
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