Virgin and Child

England, Nottingham, Relief with the Adoration of the Magi, 15th century. Alabaster, with original polychrome and gilding, H. 39 x W. 24.8 cm, Mullany Haute Epoque Fine Art. © 2019 London Art Week.  Virgin and Child, France, Mussy sur Seine (Aube), c. 1330, Limestone, with original polychrome and gilding, H. 94 x W. 32.5 x D. 22 cm, Mullany Haute Epoque Fine Art. © 2019 London Art Week.  Provenance: Private collection, France. Luis de Morales (Badajoz... [Lire la suite]

Nef, Augsburg, 1613-1615. Silversmith: Heinrich Winterstein. Silver and silver-gilt. H 37.5 cm. © d’Arschot & Cie at BRAFA 2019, Stand 42b. Virgin and child, Antwerp, circa 1704. Silversmith: Josephus I Hennequin. Silver, boxwood and ebony, H 34 cm. © d’Arschot & Cie at BRAFA 2019, Stand 42b. Pendant, Portugal, last third of 18th century. Gold and rose cut diamonds. H 9 cm. © d’Arschot & Cie at BRAFA 2019, Stand 42b. La galerie ouverte... [Lire la suite]

Francisco de Zurbarán (Fuente de Cantos, 1598 - Madrid, 1664), Virgin and Child, Madrid, 1659. Oil on canvas, 120 x 90 cm (47.3 x 35.5 in.) Signed and dated lower right. Image courtesy Colnaghi, Stand 208 at TEFAF New York Fall 2018. Delenda, O., Francisco de Zurbarán, 1598-1664: catálogo razonado y crítico, Madrid, 2009, pp. 718-19, no. 265. Colnaghi, the renowned art gallery, opens an exciting new chapter in their 268 year history, with Carlos Picón joining the firm after nearly 30 years at the... [Lire la suite]

Attributed to Pedro García de Benabarre (Spanish, active 1455-1480), St. Anthony Abbot, ca. 1460-70. Tempera on panel, 72 1/16 x 36 1/4 in. Museum purchase, with funds provided by George Alfred Cluett, Class of 1896. Courtesy Williams College Museum of Art. WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS.- Williams College Museum of Art opened The Presence of Absence: Medieval Art and Artifacts on August 18, 2017. The exhibition employs object-oriented ontology to recast the relationship between humans and nonhumans. Instead of passive objects... [Lire la suite]

Unknown artist, Alabaster figure of the Virgin and Child, 14th century © Trustees of the British Museum. LONDON.- One of the few examples of religious imagery to survive the English Reformation, this remarkably-preserved 14th-century sculpture joins the museum's collection thanks to support from the Art Fund.  The British Museum has acquired a 14th-century alabaster sculpture of the Virgin Mary and Child – a rare survivor of the English reformation – with support from the Art Fund, National Heritage Memorial Fund... [Lire la suite]

Attributed to the Master of Elsloo, active between 1510 and 1524, Large carved figural group of the Virgin and Child. Photo Hampel Height: 127 cm. Carved walnut without polychromy with glossy patina, hollowed at the back. Lot 430. Estimation: € 55.000 - 65.000 Provenance: Private collection, Antwerp. Hampel. 7 avril 2016

Michael Sittow (1468/1469/1470 - 1525/1526), ​Virgin and Child, 1515-18. Oil on oak, 33,20 x 25,70 cm. Ident.Nr. 1722. Property of the Kaiser-Friedrich Museum Association, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin © Photo: Gemäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Photo: Jörg P. Anders.

Italian, Trapani, late 17th century-early 18th century, Devotional plaque with the Virgin and Child. Estimation  20,000 — 30,000  GBP.  Lot. Vendu 40,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's the reverse mounted with a later gilt copper relief with the arms of the Dandini family of Rome inscribed: EAM OMINE LAETO; coral mounted on partially enamelled gilt copper; 42.5cm., 17 3/4 in. Note: Trapani was a leading centre for the production of works of art in coral in the 17th and 18th centuries.  Due to... [Lire la suite]

French, mid 14th century, Virgin and Child, polychromed oak; 70cm., 27½in. Estimation  15,000 — 20,000  GBP -  Lot. Vendu 18,750 GBP. Photo Sotheby's Note: This charming example of the seated Madonna with the Christ Child standing prominently facing the worshippers shows many characteristics found in North Eastern French and Mosan examples of the first half to mid 14th century. RELATED LITERATUREJ.A. Schmoll gen. Eisenwerth, Die Lothringische... [Lire la suite]

North East French, circa 1340-1350, Virgin and Child. Estimation  12,000 — 18,000  GBP -  Lot. Vendu 15,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's polychromed limestone; 75.5cm., 29¾in.  Provenance: with De Raad, Rosmalen, 1980;private collection, North Brabant Note: Even though the jolly facial types and drilled decoration on the agrafes are highly unusual, the sophistication with which the drapery on the present figures are carved compares closely with statues of the Virgin and Child from... [Lire la suite]