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Title/s | Virgin and Child |
Maker/s | Desiderio da Settignano after [ULAN info: Italian artist, 1428-1464] |
Category |
sculpture |
Name |
relief |
School/Style | |
Description | Relief of the Virgin and Child in painted and gilt stucco Relief of the Virgin and Child, painted and gilt stucco. The half-length Virgin is shown in three-quarter view, in the act of praying over Christ Child. The Virgin has long, curly hair which flows behind her right shoulder. She is finely painted, and special care has been given to the decoration of her scarlet robe, veil and halo. The Christ Child, seen in profile, is sitting in front of his mother. He is dressed in a robe and a tall waist-belt and he is indicating the Virgin with his left hand, whilst clasping an end of the Virgin’s veil with his right hand. The halo of Christ Child is also finely decorated. The figures are set against a flat painted background |
Production Place | Florence (place) Tuscany (region) Italy (country) Tuscan (nationality) Italian (nationality) |
Technique Description | stucco, painted and gilded |
Dimensions | height: width: |
Period | mid 15th century |
Date | circa 1450 to 1460 |
Provenance | given: The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum 1934-04-25 (Filtered for: Applied Arts collection) Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum |
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Other Notes | There is another example also coloured of this relief after Settignano, in the Ciccio Collection at Capodimonte Museum, Naples (10th October 1961) |
Accession Number | M.1-1934 (Applied Arts) |
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