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Madonna with child
Lost Art-ID
570677
Artist / Creator
Ghiberti, Lorenzo (Meister aus dem Kreis des Lorenzo Ghiberti)
Birth
1378, Florenz
Death
1455.12.01, Florenz
Title
Madonna with child
Place of manufacture
Florenz
Dating
1420-1430 (um)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Ceramics (Terracotta)
Height
76.00 cm
Description
High relief. Above a rectangular pedestal with two flying putti, holding in the middle a locket with a corona and I. h. s., Maria in half-length, with headscraf and wide overcoat. The right arm is at the front, the left hand on the clinging child. Terracotta, hollow backside, old coating. Compare the whole group of Madonna reliefs, of which copies are in the Kaiser Friedrich Museum (attributed by Bode Ghiberti), the Bargello Florence, the Louvre Paris, etc. Source: Hugo Helbing Kunsthandlung and Kunstversteigerungshaus: Kunstbesitz eines Berliner Sammlers. Katalog Nr. 49.
Provenance
Collection Jakob Goldschmidt, Berlin, Auction at 23rd June 1936 by auctionhouse Hugo Helbing, Frankfurt am Main. CatalogueNo: 66 (Auktionshaus Hugo Helbing, 1936)
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