Italian, Florence, circa 1500

Madonna and child

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January 28, 07:12 PM GMT

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10,000 - 15,000 USD

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Property from the Descendants of David Goldman

Italian, Florence, circa 1500

Madonna and child

glazed terracotta

diameter 19 ⅞ in.; 50.5cm.

Please note that the attribution has been removed from the catalogue and the heading should now read: Italian, Florence, circa 1500 Please note that the provenance should now read: David Goldmann (1887-1967), Vienna; Seized from the above by Hitler's agents and moved to the central depot of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (inv. D.G. 108) and released to the Denkmal Amt, August 28, 1941; Restituted to David Goldmann, New York; Thence by descent to the present owner.

David Goldmann (1887-1967), Vienna;

Seized from the above by Hitler's agents and moved to the central depot of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (inv. D.G. 108) and released to the Denkmal Amt, August 28, 1941;

Restituted to David Goldmann, New York;

Thence by descent to the present owner.

Giancarlo Gentilini suggests that this charming composition, another example of which is in the Museo Civico, Pesaro (op. cit., p. 464), could be the result of a collaboration between Giovanni della Robbia (1469-1529) and Giovanni Francesco Rustici (1475–1554), the latter of whom entrusted the glazing of his large relief of Noli me tangere, in the Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence, to Della Robbia (op. cit., p. 452). However, Gentilini states that this is strictly conjecture. Further research may tell us more about this possible collaboration.

RELATED LITERATURE:

Giancarlo Gentilini, I Della Robbia. La scultura invetriata nel Rinascimento, vol. II, Milan, 1992, pp. 454 and 464