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A POLYCHROME AND PARCEL-GILT STUCCO CAST RELIEF OF THE PAZZI MADONNA
AFTER DONATELLO, ITALIAN, LATE 15TH/EARLY 16TH CENTURY
The Madonna cradling the Child, He is seated upon a cushion and is supported by her right hand, He holds her veil in His left hand, laid down on a wood background painted as a star-filled blue sky, within an architectural frame flanked by pilasters, the lower tablet inscribed 'S. M. INTERCEDE. PNOBIS'-43½in. (110cm.) high, 34in. (47cm.) overall
AFTER DONATELLO, ITALIAN, LATE 15TH/EARLY 16TH CENTURY
The Madonna cradling the Child, He is seated upon a cushion and is supported by her right hand, He holds her veil in His left hand, laid down on a wood background painted as a star-filled blue sky, within an architectural frame flanked by pilasters, the lower tablet inscribed 'S. M. INTERCEDE. PNOBIS'-43½in. (110cm.) high, 34in. (47cm.) overall
Provenance
The Davanzati Palace Sale; American Art Association, New York, November 21, 1916, lot 706 ($2800)
William Boyce Thompson, Yonkers, New York
William Boyce Thompson, Yonkers, New York
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
H.W. Janson, The Sculpture of Donatello, Princeton, 1963, pp. 44-45, plate 19B
H.W. Janson, The Sculpture of Donatello, Princeton, 1963, pp. 44-45, plate 19B