Virgin and Child thumbnail 1
Virgin and Child thumbnail 2
Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Sculpture, Room 111, The Gilbert Bayes Gallery

This object consists of 2 parts, some of which may be located elsewhere.

Virgin and Child

Relief
ca. 1850 - 1860 (made)
Artist/Maker
Donatello (after a design by)
Desiderio Da Settignano (after a design by)
Place of origin
Florence (made)

This relief is an example of a design which enjoyed great popularity in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. The composition shows the influence of Donatello.


Object details

Categories
Images Online
Sculpture
Religion
Christianity
SCRAN
Object type
Relief
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Relief
  • Frame
TitleVirgin and Child (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Carved marble
Marble
Carving
Brief description
Relief, 'Virgin and Child (Dreyfus Madonna)', carved marble, possibly after a design by Donatello, or Desiderio da Settignano, Florence, ca.1850-1860.
Physical description
Virgin and Child, marble.
Dimensions
  • Height: 28.3cm
  • Width: 17.2cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by the Hon. Mrs A. E. Pleydell-Bouverie
Object history
Bequeathed by the Hon. Mrs A.E Pleydell- Bouverie.
Subjects depicted
Christianity
Halo
Mary (Virgin Mary)
The Christ Child
Summary
This relief is an example of a design which enjoyed great popularity in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. The composition shows the influence of Donatello.
Bibliographic references
  • Motture, Peta, ed., Donatello: Sculpting the Renaissance, London: V&A Publishing, 2023. p. 252, cat. 6.21, entry by Whitney Kerr-Lewis, Attribution: possibly after a design by Donatello, or Desiderio da Settignano
  • Bormand, Marc, Paolozzi Strozzi, Beatrice and Penny, Nicholas, Desiderio da Settignano Sculptor of Renaissance Florence, Paris, Musée du Louvre, 2006, p. 196.
  • Johnson, Geralidine A., The very impress of the object : photographing sculpture from Fox Talbot to the present day, Leeds : Henry Moore Institute & Centre for the Study of Sculpture, 1995 no.43
  • Cardellini, Ida. Desiderio da Settignano, Milan, 1962, no. 299, p. 247.
  • Vitry, P, Guiffrey, J and Migeon, G, 'Le Collection de M. Gustave Dreyfus', Les Arts, 1908, p. 7.
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.3&A-1968

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Record createdJanuary 9, 2003
Record URL
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