Madonna and Child between Two Candelabra, late 15th century

Not on View

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (with suspension ring): 10.37 x 8.16 cm (4 1/16 x 3 3/16 in.)
overall (height without suspension ring): 9.27 cm (3 5/8 in.)
gross weight: 194.88 gr (0.43 lb.)

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.264

Artists / Makers

Paduan 15th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Marks and Labels

Reverse bears former inventory numbers P. 20 (for Plaquette no. 20) in black paint (Bode/Thieme 1897/1906), and 95 in white paint (Hainauer/Duveen 1908).

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

Duveen Brothers, Inc.
Hainauer, Julie
Hainauer, Oskar
Widener, Joseph E.

Bibliography

1886: Molinier, Émile. Les Bronzes de la Renaissance. Les Plaquettes; Catalogue Raisonné. 2 vols. Paris, 1886: 2:28, no. 369, as Paduan school (school of Donatello).

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. 161 (Plaquette no. 20), as Paduan, c. 1450.

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. 95, repro., as Paduan, c.1450.

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

2011: Rossi, Francesco. La collezione Mario Scaglia: placchette. 3 vols. Bergamo, 2011: 1:76, under Variante E, C.36, as part of the Hainauer Collection.