Lot Essay
The Cleveland relief is after the marble original by Desidario of circa 1450-53 and now in Pinacoteca in Turin. There were many contemporary stucco casts of this celebrated work taken.
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THE PROPERTY OF THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART, SOLD TO BENEFIT FUTURE ACQUISITIONS (LOTS 1-22)
A GILT AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED STUCCO RELIEF OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD
AFTER DESIDERIO DA SETTIGNANO, ITALIAN, POSSIBLY MID-15TH CENTURY
Details
A GILT AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED STUCCO RELIEF OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD
AFTER DESIDERIO DA SETTIGNANO, ITALIAN, POSSIBLY MID-15TH CENTURY
In a giltwood and gilt-composition Renaissance style frame, inscribed in red paint 71.280 and 71.280A, with a metal tag stamped DESIDERIO DA SETTIGNANO/1457-1485 and with a printed paper label 708
25¼ in. (64 cm.) x 15¼ in. (39 cm.) plaster; 42 in. (107 cm.) x 31¼ in. (79 cm.) frame
AFTER DESIDERIO DA SETTIGNANO, ITALIAN, POSSIBLY MID-15TH CENTURY
In a giltwood and gilt-composition Renaissance style frame, inscribed in red paint 71.280 and 71.280A, with a metal tag stamped DESIDERIO DA SETTIGNANO/1457-1485 and with a printed paper label 708
25¼ in. (64 cm.) x 15¼ in. (39 cm.) plaster; 42 in. (107 cm.) x 31¼ in. (79 cm.) frame
Provenance
Bequest of Mr. and Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, Gates Mills, Ohio, 1971.
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