The Virgin and Child (the Madonna of Trapani)
Statuette
ca. 1650 (made)
ca. 1650 (made)
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Carved ivory statuette depicting the Virgin and Child. The Virgin stands holding the Child in her left arm while he leans forward to touch her neck and hand. Both are crowned with high ivory crowns. The statuette rests on a base of ivory and wood veneered with alabaster, supported on clouds of mother of pearl; below is a large pedestal of similar materials.
This statuette is copied from a well-known fourteenth century statue of the Virgin and Child in the Church of the Madonna at Trapani in Sicily, a statue attributed to Nino Pisano, made for the Carmelite Order. Devotion of the Trapani Madonna, led to numerous later copies and reduced replicas, of which this is one.
This statuette is copied from a well-known fourteenth century statue of the Virgin and Child in the Church of the Madonna at Trapani in Sicily, a statue attributed to Nino Pisano, made for the Carmelite Order. Devotion of the Trapani Madonna, led to numerous later copies and reduced replicas, of which this is one.
Object details
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| Title | The Virgin and Child (the Madonna of Trapani) (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Carved ivory on socle of wood wood, veneered with alabaster and mother-of-pearl |
| Brief description | Statuette, carved ivory, depicting the Virgin and Child (the Madonna of Trapani), Italy, probably Sicily, ca. 1650 |
| Physical description | Carved ivory statuette depicting the Virgin and Child. The Virgin stands holding the Child in her left arm, while he leans forward to touch her neck and hand. Both are crowned with high ivory crowns, pierced in decorative designs at the front, though plain at the back, implying the piece was only to be viewed from the front. The statuette rests on a base of ivory and wood veneered with alabaster, supported on clouds of mother of pearl; below is a large pedestal of similar materials. An ivory insignia for the Virgin Mary, 'V' and 'M' decoratively intertwined, is set onto the lower base. |
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| Object history | Bought for £10 from C.P.W. Maclagan Esq., 4 West Cromwell Road, London, S.W. in 1907. Formerly in the Walter Sneyd (1809-1888) Collection, Keele Hall, Staffordshire, sold at Christie's, London, 7 July 1902, lot 41 for £2 12s. 6d. |
| Historical context | There is an almost exactly similar statuette in ivory in the British Museum (Dalton, Catalogue, No. 537) |
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| Summary | Carved ivory statuette depicting the Virgin and Child. The Virgin stands holding the Child in her left arm while he leans forward to touch her neck and hand. Both are crowned with high ivory crowns. The statuette rests on a base of ivory and wood veneered with alabaster, supported on clouds of mother of pearl; below is a large pedestal of similar materials. This statuette is copied from a well-known fourteenth century statue of the Virgin and Child in the Church of the Madonna at Trapani in Sicily, a statue attributed to Nino Pisano, made for the Carmelite Order. Devotion of the Trapani Madonna, led to numerous later copies and reduced replicas, of which this is one. |
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| Accession number | 984-1907 |
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| Record created | October 27, 2004 |
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