Old Master Sculpture & Works of Art
Old Master Sculpture & Works of Art
Circle of Donatello
Relief with the Virgin and Child
Lot Closed
December 6, 01:05 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Circle of Donatello (circa 1386 - 1466)
Italian, Florence or Padua, third quarter 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., 45¾ by 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