Madonna Adoring the Child

c. 1900

Italian 20th Century

Associated Names
Italian 20th Century

Sculptor

The sculpture depicts two figures: an adult kneeling and facing a child lying down. The adult figure has her hands pressed together and gazes downwards at the child. The child lies on a cushion with one arm on its chest and the other by its side, gazing upwards. The sculpture is likely carved from wood, with brown tones and visible grain. The adult is clothed in a long garment, and both figures exhibit detailed features.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    terracotta with traces of polychromy

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 120.3 x 113 x 58.1 cm (47 3/8 x 44 1/2 x 22 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.4.82

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Possibly a church in Lucca. Elia Volpi [1858-1958], Palazzo Davanzati, Florence; sold 1913 to (Duveen Brothers, Inc., New York, London, and Paris), by whom lent to Thomas Fortune Ryan, New York;[1] sold 1941 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1943 to the NGA.
[1] Letter from E. Fowles dated 8 May 1946 in NGA Curatorial Records.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1944

  • Duveen Brothers, Inc. Duveen Sculpture in Public Collections of America: A Catalog Raisonné with illustrations of Italian Renaissance Sculptures by the Great Masters which have passed through the House of Duveen. New York, 1944: figs. 157-160, as by Matteo Civitale.

1945

  • Paintings and Sculpture from the Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1945 (reprinted 1947, 1949): 191, repro., as The Adoration of the Child by Matteo Civitale.

1976

  • Middeldorf, Ulrich. Sculptures from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Schools XIV-XIX Century. London, 1976: 48.

1994

  • Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 122, repro.

2004

  • Caglioti, Francesco. In Matteo Civitali e il suo tempo. Pittori, scultori e orafi a Lucca nel tardo Quattrocento. Ex. Cat. Lucca, Museo Nazionale di Villa Guinigi. Milan 2004: 70, 73-74, 77 (notes), repro. 71, figs. 75 and 76, as Florentine late 15th/early 16th century.

2007

  • Caglioti, Francesco. "Nuove terracotte di Benedetto da Maiano." Prospettiva 126-127 (April-July 2007): 23, 41, 43, figs. 42 and 44.

Wikidata ID

Q63809751

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