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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1929.225
People
Unidentified Artist
Previously attributed to Andrea del Verrocchio, Italian (1435 - 1488)
Title
Sculptor's Model for the Virgin and Child
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, figure
Date
15th-17th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Florence
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/231597

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta & plaster figures on wood & iron frame; cloth drapery with glue
Dimensions
137 x 74 x 57 cm (53 15/16 x 29 1/8 x 22 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Francesco Costa, Florence, Italy. Tozzi, Florence, Italy. [Brummer Gallery, New York], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1929

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
Accession Year
1929
Object Number
1929.225
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Frederick Bruce Robinson, "Sculptor's Model of the Renaissance", Harvard Alumni Bulletin (January 15, 1932), XXXIV, no. 15, pp. 454-456, repr. in b/w
  • Kathleen Weil-Garris Brandt, "Leonardo e la Scultura", Lettura Vinciana, Biblioteca Leonardiana (Citta di Vinci, Italy, April 18 1998), no. XXXVIII, pp. 20-21, repr. in b/w fig. 20

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