Madonna and Child

Lorenzo Ghiberti

15th century · Terracotta · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

This composition is probably a variant of another Madonna relief which Ghiberti designed specifically to be molded and reproduced in painted stucco. See 08.22.3 for a painted and gilt stucco version of the subject.

Artist

Lorenzo Ghiberti

Date

15th century

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Italian, Florence

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1907