LOT DETAILS

Materials:

bronze

Size Notes:

9 by 6 1/2 in.; 22.5 by 16cm.

Edition:

Other reliefs of this subject include: one sold Sotheby's London, 8-9 December 1988, lot 283; one in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (M.14-1933); and an octagonal relief in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no. A67-1951), the latter currently listed on the museum website as "Venice circa 1550-1560", reverting back to the general attribution embraced by scholars prior to Radcliffe's work on Fanelli.

Description:

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Markings:

Standard surface abrasions. With lovely olive-brown patina beneath dark brown lacquer. Tip of finger on Virgins proper right hand is lacking, as are tips of fingers of the proper right hand of the leftmost figure. Losses to the edges of the relief (during casting). Beautifully modeled.