Madonna and child

Mercury and Apollo, After François Duquesnoy (1597-1643), Roman, second quarter of the 18th century. Bronze, 63.5 and 61.7 cm. © Gallery Desmet at BRAFA 2019, Stand 11c.  Provenance: private collection, Germany. Madonna and Child, Workshop of Matteo Civitale (Lucca, 1436-1501), Lucca, second half of the 15th century. Terra cotta. H 63 x W 47.5 x D 13 cm. © Gallery Desmet at BRAFA 2019, Stand 11c.  Pacing bull, After the model by Giambologna... [Lire la suite]

Relief with the Adoration of the Magi, England, Nottingham, 15th century. Alabaster, with original polychrome and gilding, 39 x 24.8 cm (15.4 x 9.8 in.) © Mullany Saint Jean de Calvaire, France, Burgundy, circa 1420-1430. Walnut, with original polychrome and gilding, 36.5 x 12 x 8.5 cm (14.4 x 4.7 x 3.3 in.) © Mullany Frans Pourbus I (Bruges 1545-1581 Antwerp), A Portrait of Lamoraal, Count of Egmont, wearing a Linen Ruff and a White and Green Silk Sleeved... [Lire la suite]

Master of the Unruly Children, (active 1st half of the 16th century), Angels as candlebearers. © Tomasso Brothers Fine Art LONDON.- Tomasso Brothers Fine Art returns to the International Antiques Biennial (BIAF) in Florence with a display paying homage to Florentine art. The Fair, to be held from 23 September to 1 October 2017 in the magnificent Palazzo Corsini, is one of the world’s greatest showcases for Italian art. Tomasso Brothers Fine Art, renowned specialist in important European sculpture, will... [Lire la suite]

Giovanni Bellini and assistants, The Annunciation, circa 1490–1500, oil on canvas, 88 x 42 in. each, Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice, Italy © Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice. RALEIGH, NC.- Glory of Venice: Renaissance Paintings 1470–1520 features 50 paintings and a significant group of early printed books and individual pages that illustrate a crucial period in the history of Venetian art and culture, widely regarded as one of the most exciting chapters in the history of Western art. The core of the exhibition... [Lire la suite]

Lot 12. Andrea della Robbia (Florence 1435-1525) from a model Luca della Robbia (Florence 1399/1400-1482), circa 1490-1500, Madonna and Child, tin-glazed earthenware, 20 5/8  by 16 1/2  in.; 52.5 by 42cm. Estimate 150,000 — 250,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. Notes: Andrea della Robbia belonged to one of the most distinguished families of sculptors in the Renaissance. He worked alongside his renowned uncle, Luca della Robbia (1399/1400-1482), and later led their workshop with... [Lire la suite]

Altenberg Winged Retable, c. 1330 (photomontage).  FRANKFURT.- The Städel Museum is devoting a concentrated presentation of choice objects to the art of the Middle Ages. The exhibition “Heaven on Display” features one of the most striking church choir ensembles that have come down to us from the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries, the Early Gothic Altenberg Altar, and its rich imagery. Apart from presenting the high altar retable – complete with a shrine cabinet, a statue of the Madonna and wings with... [Lire la suite]

Carlo Crivelli, Madonna and Child, circa 1460. Tempera and gold on wood, 32 x 22,2 cm. Vittorio Cini Collection. Foto: Fondazione Giorgio Cini. VENICE - In addition to great variety, one of the most important features of the historic art collection owned by Count Vittorio Cini, is its wealth. The collection boasts thousands of paintings, sculptures, drawings, decorative art objects and furnishings, acquired from numerous antique dealers and collectors from the 1930s to the 1970s, and at times with renowned... [Lire la suite]

Madonna and Child from the Lüneburg Council Silver, 1510, Lüneburg. Silver, wrought, cast, z. T. gilded and painted. Pearls, turquoises, glass, isinglass, 69 x 22.9 x 18.8 cm (height without base 56 cm). Ident.Nr. 1874.370. Kunstgewerbemuseum © Photo: Museum of Decorative Arts of the National Museums in Berlin - Prussian Cultural Heritage.  Photo: Karen Bartsch Figure driven, two-piece, internally overlapping. The externally visible, not very carefully soldered seams on Faltengrate and his head... [Lire la suite]

ZURICH.- The focus of Koller's Spring Auctions was on Old Art. Among the Old Master Paintings, Koller auctioned off the painting «Mary and Child» by the Flemish painter Jan Gossaert to an international private collector for CHF 2.37 million, slightly higher than the estimate. This is a new world record for a work by this painter, reached at an auction. Depictions of Madonnas high in demand The top lot of the Old Master Paintings‘ auction on 28 March was the painting „Mary and Child“ by the important... [Lire la suite]

Luca della Robbia (1400 -1482) (Studio of), The Madonna and Child with a Choir of Angels. Photo courtesy Tomasso Brothers Fine Art Stucco, with traces of polychromy; 46 cm ( 18 in.) diameter; 59 cm (23 1/4 in.) high; 58.5 cm ( 23 in.) wide. This roundel records a significant, early, devotional composition by the up-and-coming Luca della Robbia as he emerged from the seminal experience of Ghiberti’s workshop for the first set of bronze doors for the Florence Baptistry. The graceful hovering angels, with their calligraphic folds... [Lire la suite]