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Virgin and Child

A work made of painted stucco.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of painted stucco.

Date:

c. 1450

Artist:

After Desiderio da Settignano (Italian, 1428-1464)

About this artwork

Desiderio da Settignano was the most gifted Florentine sculptor of his day. He excelled at creating marble reliefs of the Virgin and Child, in which forms overlap within an extremely shallow space while conveying a profound awareness of the bond between mother and child. This painted stucco, of which at least a dozen versions are known, was cast from a marble known as the Turin Madonna (Turin, Galleria Sabauda), one of Desiderio’s most admired works. The quality of the painting and punching suggest that this stucco was finished in the workshop of Neri di Bicci, a 15th-century Florentine painter who frequently collaborated with other artists.

Status

On View, Gallery 238

Department

Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Artist

Desiderio da Settignano

Title

Virgin and Child

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1440–1460

Medium

Painted stucco

Dimensions

61 × 43.2 cm (24 × 17 in.); 70.5 × 53.5 cm (27 13/16 × 21 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Mrs. Gordon Palmer

Reference Number

1985.111

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