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Virgin and Child
Workshop: Unknown (Probably)
Relief of the Virgin and Child in moulded and tin-glazed terracotta
Relief of moulded terracotta, tin-glazed creamy-white on the front and the sides. The glaze is very unevenly applied and has numerous pinholes.
Three-quarter length figure of the Virgin, with the infant Christ standing on a ledge to the left of her, resting on a shallow pedestal decorated with egg and dart ornament, which is made separately. There are two holes in the top of the Virgin's head. The relief is accompanied by a shallow base (A) with ovolo moulding on the front, which is probably associated.
History note: The Right Hon. Sir Thomas Clifford Allbutt, KCB, MD, FRS (1836-1925); Lady Albutt from whom received in 1935
Bequeathed by Sir Thomas Clifford Allbutt, 1925, received 1935
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1925) by Allbutt, Thomas Clifford
19th Century
Circa
1800
CE
-
1900
CE
This relief was accessioned as 'School of Andrea Della Robbia', but although there is a generalized resemblance to reliefs of the Virgin with a standing Child from the Della Robbia workshop, the pose and expression of the figures is atypical and the quality of the glaze is very poor.During the nineteenth century reproductions and pastiches of Della Robbia sculpture abounded. Many were not made with intention to deceive, and were used in the traditional way, but in the hands of unscrupulous or ignorant dealers deceptions took place. In 1868 Marryat warned English collectors of this by reprinting from Auguste Demmin's 'Guide de l'Amateur', a passage concerning the sale of Virgins falsely attributed to Luca della Robbia.
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
( creamy-white)
Pedestal
Height 4.3 cm
Width 28.0 cm
Relief
Height 50.0 cm
Width 34.5 cm
Moulding : Terracotta, moulded in relief, and tin-glazed creamy-white on the front and the sides
Accession number: M.2 & A-1935
Primary reference Number: 29644
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_2 & A_1935
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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