Virgin and Child
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This relief exists in two versions. In style it falls midway between the stucco reliefs associated with Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378-1455) and those in the style of Jacopo della Quercia (1374-1438) in the Museo Bardini and Museo di Santo Spirito in Florence. The elongated body of the Child has no close parallel in other contemporary stucco or terracotta reliefs and suggests that the group was originally set over a doorway or in a lunette.
Physical description
'Virgin and Child', relief in painted stucco. The Virgin seeen half-length, supports the Child who stands at her left side holding an apple and pulling the folds of her mantle round his shoulders. In a carved wood niche.
[Relief] The Virgin, seen half-length, supports the Child, who stands at her left side holding an apple and pulling the folds of the mantle round his shoulder.
[Niche] Carved wood niche
Place of Origin
Florence, Italy (made)
Date
ca. 1425-1450 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Painted stucco
Dimensions
Height: 92.7 cm, Width: 72.4 cm
[Relief] Height: 92.5 cm
Object history note
Bought for £75 from Sotherby's on 4th March 1932.
Descriptive line
Virgin and Child, relief in painted stucco and in a carved wood niche, Italy (Florence), about 1425-50
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
MacLagan, E, and Longhurst, Margaret, H. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture. London: V&A, 1932. pp.16
Pope-Hennessy, John. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1964. p.61
Raggio, Olga. 'Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum' in Art Bulletin Vol. L. 1968. pp. 100.
Johnson, Geraldine. 'Art of artefact? Madonna and Child reliefs in the early Renaissance' in The Sculpted Object 1400-1700 eds. Currie, S and Motture, P. Aldershot. 1997. p.4, 14, n.20, fig. 17.
Carl, Doris. Benedetto da Maiano. A Florentine Sculptor at the Threshold of the High Renaissance. Regensburg. 2006. pp.100-101, n.19.
Exhibition History
Depth of Field: the Place of Relief in the Time of Donatello (Henry Moore Institute, Leeds 23/09/2004-27/03/2005)
Materials
Wood; Stucco
Techniques
Painted; Carved
Subjects depicted
Jesus Christ; Mary (Virgin Mary); Apples; The Christ Child; Mantles
Categories
Sculpture; Religion; Christianity
Collection code
SCP
