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An Italian gilt and painted stucco relief of the Madonna and Child, after a composition ascribed to Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378-1455), second quarter 15th century, Florence
Description
- Stucco
- height of the relief 21 1/4 in., 54.7 cm.; with frame 28 1/2 in., 72.5 cm.
Provenance
Condition
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Catalogue Note
While the present variant is relatively uncommon, another composition, differing in the treatment of the Virgin's veil and the placement of the Child's legs, was more widely produced and has been sold in these rooms (see sale January 13, 1992, lot 195). In the latter representation, the Child's body twists towards the Virgin and His left leg crosses His right to extend to the Virgin's right elbow. These terracotta and stucco reliefs were made to satisfy an increasing demand for domestic devotional objects at relatively reasonable prices.
RELATED LITERATURE
F. Schottmüller, Italienischen und Spanischen Bildwerke der Renaissance und des Barocks in Marmor, Ton, Holz und Stuck, Berlin, 1913, fig. 6, p. 6.
E. N. Lusanna, Il Museo Bardini, vol. II, Milan, 1986, cat. nos. 178-179, figs. 211 and 213