Name: ITALIAN, PROBABLY SIENESE, LATE 14TH OR EARLY 15TH CENTURY
Brand: Madonna and Child Enthroned
Price: 24000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

ITALIAN, PROBABLY SIENESE, LATE 14TH OR EARLY 15TH CENTURY
Madonna and Child Enthroned
parcel-gilt polychrome wood group; on an integral base; the throne with pierced sides; the reverse hollowed out
50 in. (127 cm.) high

Sotheby’s, 1987 (see Lorenzelli, op. cit.).
The Vittorio and Caterina di Capua Collection, Turin,
their sale; Sotheby’s, London, 8 December 2016, lot 47,
where acquired by the present owner.

J. Lorenzelli et al., Custode dell'immagine: Scultura Lignea Europa XII-XV Secolo, Bergamo, 1987, p. 177, no. 213.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
E. Carli, Gli Scultori Senesi, Milan, 1980, pp. 130-133, nos. 140 and 141.

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Lot Essay

This large scale yet tender portrayal of the Virgin and Christ child has previously been associated with the work of the sculptors Ramo di Paganello (active circa 1281-1320) and Agostino di Giovanni (active circa 1310-1347) both working in Siena (see Lorenzelli, loc. cit.). Comparison has also been made between the present lot and two sculptures of the Virgin Annunciate and the Angel Gabriel, dated 1369 and 1370 respectively, attributed to a later Sienese master Angelo di Nalduccio (active circa 1342-1389). While there are certainly similarities in facial type and drapery between the present lot and the Nalduccio works, this Virgin and Child group demonstrates a somewhat greater naturalism in the body type and in the interaction between the two figures, thus suggesting a dating slightly later than the Nalduccio figures.