Madonna of Loreto

c.1625

Tarquinio Jacometti or Pietro Paolo Jacometti

Associated Names
Tarquinio Jacometti

Sculptor, Italian, 1570/1571-1636

Pietro Paolo Jacometti

Sculptor, Italian, 1580 - 1658

The sculpture depicts a crowned woman next to a child. Below a tiered crown, the woman's long, curly hair is covered by a veil. On the right is a young child who also wears a crown. One of the child's hands is outstretched, with two fingers extended upwards. The other holds a round ball adorned with a cross. Below the heads of the two people are swirling designs rather than distinct bodies; the designs include curling, interconnected circles and flowers. At the very bottom of the sculpture is a cherubic face framed by two wings. The sculpture appears bronze, with some areas of dark patina.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 19.2 x 12.1 cm (7 9/16 x 4 3/4 in.) gross weight: 426 gr

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.235


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Oscar Hainauer [d. 1894], Berlin; his wife, Julie Hainauer, Berlin; acquired 1906 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); by exchange 21 October 1920 to Joseph E. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1897

  • Bode, Wilhelm von, ed. Die Sammlung Oscar Hainauer / The Collection of Oscar Hainauer. [bound as one volume, English and German pages interleaved in one page sequence] Berlin, 1897 and London, 1906: no. 218.

1908

  • A Cabinet of One Hundred & Thirty-Three Bronze Plaques and Medals of the Renaissance Period from the Collection of the Late Herr Oscar Hainauer of Berlin. Ed. Duveen Brothers. London, n.d. (but 1908): no. 63, repro.

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 15.

Wikidata ID

Q63809730

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