Old Master Sculpture & Early Jewels

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Property from a European Private Collection

Circle of Donatello (circa 1386-1466) | Italian, Florence, mid-15th century | Relief with the Virgin and Child

Lot Closed

December 7, 03:28 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a European Private Collection

Circle of Donatello (circa 1386-1466)

Italian, Florence, mid-15th century

Relief with the Virgin and Child


gilt and polychromed terracotta, in a gilt and painted wood frame

relief: 81 by 53cm., 32 by 21in.

frame: 116 by 91cm., 45¾by 35¾in.

Adolf von Beckerath (1834-1915), Berlin;
his sale, Rudolf Lepke, Berlin, 23-26 May 1916, lot 63;
Ole Olsen, Copenhagen;
his sale, Arne Bruun Rasmussen, Copenhagen, March 1966, lot 66;
Sotheby's London, 16 May 1968, lot 76;
with Galerie Alain Moatti, Paris;
European private collection
W. Bode, Denkmäler der Renaissance-Skulptur Toskanas, München, 1892-1905, pl. 182;
W. Bode, Florentiner Bildhauer der Renaissance, Berlin, 1921, p. 113;
W. Bode, Florentine Sculptors of the Renaissance, New York, 1928, p. 80