Unknown artist
Artwork Detail
The Madonna and Child was a favourite theme of Gothic sculptors, with wood the preferred material in the fifteenth century. The bold S-shaped curve of her figure reflects contemporary developments in style, as does the swag-like rhythmic folds of her drapery. The warm expression on the Virgin's face and the child's mischievous smile indicate a leaning towards the popular realism and humanist focus of the Renaissance.
- Title
- Madonna and Child
- Artist/creator
- Unknown artist
- Production date
- circa 1460
- Medium
- wood and gesso
- Dimensions
- 825 x 280 x 270 mm
- Credit line
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased with funds from the Watson Bequest, 1965
- Accession no
- 1965/29/1
- Copyright
- No known copyright restrictions
- Department
- International Art
- Display status
- On display
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