. De luxe illustrated catalogue of the treasures and antiquities illustrating the golden age of Italian art, belonging to the famous expert and antiquarian, Signor Stefano Bardini, of Florence, Italy;. tals andshafts carved in low relief and painted with clustered acanthus-leaf pendants. The base is molded and carved and the bracketapron formed of scrolled acanthus leaves enclosing an oval panelpainted with a figiue. Upper part restored. Mfdsuroiicnt of the Bas-rdicf: Hciylit, 35 iiic]ifx: rcidt]!, 28 inclics. Few of tlie sculptors of tlic Italian Renaissance so impressed hisown and succeeding
. De luxe illustrated catalogue of the treasures and antiquities illustrating the golden age of Italian art, belonging to the famous expert and antiquarian, Signor Stefano Bardini, of Florence, Italy;. tals andshafts carved in low relief and painted with clustered acanthus-leaf pendants. The base is molded and carved and the bracketapron formed of scrolled acanthus leaves enclosing an oval panelpainted with a figiue. Upper part restored. Mfdsuroiicnt of the Bas-rdicf: Hciylit, 35 iiic]ifx: rcidt]!, 28 inclics. Few of tlie sculptors of tlic Italian Renaissance so impressed hisown and succeeding generations as did Donatello. His work, indeed,as astonisliing in the extent of its output as in its surpassing beauty,is typically rej)resentatie of his school and epoch. The Madonna hereunder consideration possesses supreme interest, for while tlie face ofthe Madonna herself is strangely attractive by reason of its very un-usuahiess, tlie two cherubim sum up for us the wiiole sjiirit, half-Pagan,half-Christian of the Italian Quattrocento, while the face of the Christwith its weird foreboding of jiain and sorrow iiu\ the woikas being that of the master himself. {Illiistnital). No. 351—Fifteenth Century Flouextine Colored Terra-cottaBas-relief 352—Fifteenth Century Florentine Colored Stucco Bas-reliefTondo-like circular medallion, modeled, in low relief, with athree-quarter-length figure of the Virgin in a red robe and bluemantle and with bare head. She sits with her hands in her lap,her face in profile, looking toward the left, gazing with ma-ternal solicitude at the Child Christ, who lies undraped before qher. His face turned toward the spectator and His right hand Oraised in the act of benediction. Colored naturalistically. En- ^closed in a border modeled with cherul)im witli outstretchedwings, symmetrically disposed. Diameter, 2ii^-^ iiiehes. (lUiisfrateiJ) BENEDETTO DA IMAIANO 14^2—1498 3.)3—Fifteenth Century Florentine Colored Terra-cotta Ma-donn
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