The Virgin and Child with Six Angels

15th century

Paduan 15th Century

Attributed to

The sculpture depicts a scene featuring a robed figure holding an infant. The infant is standing upright and looking forward. The robed figure to their left has a halo above the head. Surrounding them, within the oval frame, are small figures with wings who look towards the duo. The oval sculpture is made from a material resembling brass or bronze, giving it a golden-brown appearance, and it is surrounded by a frame embellished with alternating beaded and decorated pattern borders and featuring numerous small faces in circular motifs.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze//Yellow-brown patina

  • Credit Line

    Samuel H. Kress Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (oval): 10.22 x 8.89 cm (4 x 3 1/2 in.)
    overall (approximate size of central insert): 6.6 x 5.1 cm (2 5/8 x 2 in.)
    gross weight: 160.32 gr (0.353 lb.)

  • Accession Number

    1957.14.359

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

1886

  • Molinier, Émile. Les Bronzes de la Renaissance. Les Plaquettes; Catalogue Raisonné. 2 vols. Paris, 1886: 2:32, no. 376, as as Paduan school, The Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels.

1931

  • Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931: 174, no. 235, pl. 73, as Paduan school, The Virgin and Child with Six Cherubs.

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 with Six Cherubs.

1965

  • Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 90, no. 317, fig. 247, as Madonna and Child with Six Cherubs.

2011

  • Rossi, Francesco. La collezione Mario Scaglia: placchette. 3 vols. Bergamo, 2011: 1:135, under Variante B, M.5, 136 fig. d, as by an imitator of Andrea Mantegna.

Markings

Reverse bears former inventory numbers 255 in red paint (Dreyfus) and 235 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931).

Wikidata ID

Q63814778

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