Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Madonna and Child
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Madonna and Child
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Image View:
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Overall view
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Creator:
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Master of the Marble Madonnas (Italian sculptor, active ca. 1470-1500)
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Location:
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repository: Galleria Nazionale delle Marche (Urbino, Marches, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Palazzo Ducale di Urbino Piazza Rinascimento 13
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GPS:
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+43.723333+12.637778
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Date:
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ca. 1470-1500 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Fifteenth century; Renaissance
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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marble
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Measurements:
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71 cm (height) x 55 cm (width)
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Subjects:
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New Testament; Angels; Jesus Christ; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; cherubim
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Description:
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There is evidence that the "Master of the Marble Madonnas" may be a group of artists, and not the work of a single person. The name was coined by Bode (1892-1905) for an anonymous sculptor, apparently Tuscan, possibly trained in the workshop of Mino da Fiesole and influenced by Antonio Rossellino. Numerous sculptures have been attributed to him on the basis of related compositions, drapery forms, ornamental motifs and pronounced mannerisms. Chief among the latter is a peculiar feline smile from heavy-lidded eyes and a taut jaw, at its best radiating inward joy but often acerbic or bordering on the manic. The Master’s eclectic shop and followers produced marble reliefs of the Virgin and Child, busts and reliefs of the suffering Christ and busts of children. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-ARTE-GNM-MC2-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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