Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Madonna and Child
Image View:
Overall view with restored paint (2008)
Creator:
Jacopo Sansovino (Italian , 1486-1570)
Location:
repository: Museo Nazionale del Bargello (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
Location Note:
Via del Proconsolo, 4
GPS:
43.770423 11.257947
Date:
after ca. 1527 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Renaissance
Work Type 1:
relief (sculpture)
Classification:
sculpture
Material:
Plaster and polychrome papermaché
Technique:
modeling (forming); painting and painting techniques
Measurements:
60 cm (height)
Description:
The sculpture was probably created in Venice, where the artist had transferred after the sacking of Rome in 1527. The work was restored in 2008 and most of the original color was recovered. Papermaché became a popular medium for reliefs in the 16th century.
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-TAJ-MB-MC-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Madonna and Child