The Virgin and Child

15th century

Paduan 15th Century

Associated Names
Paduan 15th Century

Artist

The sculpture is a relief depicting a woman holding a child. The woman's hair is styled in waves and tied back. She inclines her head towards the child, who is seated on her lap with an arm wrapped around her shoulder. Both figures are draped in flowing garments. The sculpture is set within a rectangular frame embellished with floral and ribbon motifs at the corners and alongside the borders. The material has a dark metallic tone, likely bronze or a similar alloy. The relief is shallow with finely detailed figures and surrounding decoration against a flat background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lead

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 7.6 x 6.6 cm (3 x 2 5/8 in.) gross weight: 58 gr

  • Accession Number

    1957.14.356

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his estate; purchased 1930 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); purchased 1945 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1957 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1931

  • Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931. vol.II, 232.

1951

  • Renaissance Bronzes: Statuettes, Reliefs and Plaquettes, Medals and Coins from the Kress Collection. Introduction by Perry B. Cott. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1951: 145, as Madonna and Child.

1965

  • Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 58.

2001

  • Palmer, Allison Lee. "The Walters' Madonna and Child Plaquette and Private Devotional Art in Early Renaissance Italy." The Journal of the Walters Art Museum 59 (2001): 74, 75 fig. 4.

2011

  • Rossi, Francesco. La collezione Mario Scaglia: placchette. 3 vols. Bergamo, 2011: 1:77, under Prototipo, M.5, 78 fig. a, as by school of Donatello.

Wikidata ID

Q63814775

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