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Mary with child
Lost Art-ID
570682
Artist
Sansovino, Jacopo
Birth
(vor) 1486.07.02, Florenz
Death
1570.11.27, Venedig
Place of activity
Florenz; Rom; Venedig
Title
Mary with child
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
bronze
Height
49.50 cm
Description
Standing, look down to the left. She's holding the child, who's raising the hand for blessing and his body is leaning at her. She clutchs him with her left hand under his shoulder, her right hand on his feet. Shallow rectangular plinth. Bronze full-round, black patina. The rare group, until now three examples are known, have beenspotted the first time as a motif by Lionello Venturi in the collection of Gualino in Turin in 1922. By now, there ist another example in the collection Morgan, Metropolitain Museum, New York. Source: Hugo Helbing Kunsthandlung and Kunstversteigerungshaus: Kunstbesitz eines Berliner Sammlers. Katalog Nr. 49.
Provenance
Collection Jakob Goldschmidt, Berlin, Auction at 23rd June 1936 by auctionhouse Hugo Helbing, Frankfurt am Main. CatalogueNo: 106 (Auktionshaus Hugo Helbing, 1936)
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