Virgin and Child
Antonio Rossellino
model ca. 1475 (cast 19th century) · Copper alloy with warm brown natural patina; hollow reverse. · Robert Lehman Collection
The composition of this plaquette, portraying the Virgin and Child crowned by angels, is taken from a composition by Antonio Rossellino. The stepped edge suggests that it was meant to be framed. Another variant is in the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence. This coarse aftercast is from the nineteenth century.
- Artist
- Antonio Rossellino
- Date
- model ca. 1475 (cast 19th century)
- Medium
- Copper alloy with warm brown natural patina; hollow reverse.
- Department
- Robert Lehman Collection
- Credit line
- Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
