Madonna and Child before a Niche
mid 15th century
Sculptor
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G15
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (arched top): 9.97 x 7.85 cm (3 15/16 x 3 1/16 in.)
gross weight: 162.1 gr (0.357 lb.) -
Accession
1942.9.263
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Oscar Hainauer [d. 1894], Berlin; his wife, Julie Hainauer, Berlin; acquired 1906 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris); by exchange 21 October 1920 to Joseph E. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; gift 1942 to NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1897
Bode, Wilhelm von, ed. Die Sammlung Oscar Hainauer / The Collection of Oscar Hainauer. [bound as one volume, English and German pages interleaved in one page sequence] Berlin, 1897 and London, 1906: 86, no. 160 (Plaquette no. 19), as Paduan, c. 1450.
1908
A Cabinet of One Hundred & Thirty-Three Bronze Plaques and Medals of the Renaissance Period from the Collection of the Late Herr Oscar Hainauer of Berlin. Ed. Duveen Brothers. London, n.d. (but 1908): no. 17, repro.
1942
Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 15.
1983
Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 14, no. 4.
2001
Palmer, Allison Lee. "The Walters' Madonna and Child Plaquette and Private Devotional Art in Early Renaissance Italy." The Journal of the Walters Art Museum 59 (2001): 74, fig. 2.
Markings
Reverse bears former inventory number P. 19 (for Plaquette no. 19) in black ink (Bode/Thieme 1897/1906), and 17 in white paint (Hainauer/Duveen 1908).
Wikidata ID
Q63809177