Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Madonna of the Stairs

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title: 
Madonna of the Stairs
Alternate Title: 
Madonna della Scala
Image View: 
Detail, upper body of the Virgin and Child with children on the stairs
Creator: 
Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian , 1475-1564)
Location: 
repository: Casa Buonarroti (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) inv. 190
Location Note: 
Via Ghibellina 70
GPS: 
+43.769903+11.263758
Date: 
ca. 1490 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
Italian
Style Period: 
Fifteenth century; Renaissance
Work Type 1: 
bas-relief (sculpture)
Classification: 
Sculpture and Installations
Material: 
marble
Technique: 
carving (processes)
Measurements: 
56.7 cm (height) x 40.1 cm (width)
Subjects: 
saints; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; stairs; children; Christ Child
Description: 
As Vasari noted, in the Madonna relief Michelangelo imitated and challenged the example of Donatello. This indicates that even Michelangelo experimented in the work of his early maturity. Throughout his late teens and twenties, he also traveled a great deal and worked for a larger range of clients than at any other time in his life. It is believed that this panel slightly predates his other early work, the Battle of the Centaurs (1490-1492). (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
Collection: 
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier: 
7A1-MB-CB-MDS-A02
Rights: 
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