Madonna and Child

between 1464 and 1480

Attributed to Mino da Fiesole Italian, 1431-1484

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European: Medieval and Renaissance, Level 2, West Wing

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About the Artwork

Title Madonna and Child

Artwork Date between 1464 and 1480

Artist Attributed to Mino da Fiesole

Life Dates 1431-1484

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Italian

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Marble

Dimensions Overall: 16 7/8 × 12 inches (42.9 × 30.5 cm) Framed: 22 1/8 × 17 9/16 × 2 7/8 inches (56.2 × 44.6 × 7.3 cm)

Classification Sculpture

Department European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Credit Bequest of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 53.367

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Provenance

January 10, 1866, (Nolivos, Paris, France) no. 27;
May 11, 1882, (Charles Timbal, Paris, France) no. 1;
Mlle. Léonie Duruflé (Paris, France);
1930, sold by (Wildenstein, New York, New York, USA);
1930-1953, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb;
1953-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Catalogue de la Collection Timbal. Paris, 1882, no. 1.

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat zu Munich. Munich, 1928, p. 113.

Heil, W. Parnassus 2 (May 1930): p. 15.

Heil, W. Id., MS Catalogue, 1931, p. 66.

Valentiner, W.R. Italian Gothic and Early Gothic Sculptures. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1938, no. 46 (ill.).

Swarzenski, Hanns. Gazette des beaux-arts 24 (November 1943): p. 294, note 5.

Richardson E.P. The Whitcomb Gifts. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1954, p. 127.

Museum Mayer van der Bergh Catalogue. Antwerp, 2, 1969, p. 163, no. 2156 (ill.).

Detroit Institute of Arts Handbook. Detroit, 1971, p. 82.

Leeuwenberg, J., and Halsema - Kubes, W., Beeldhouwkunst in het Rijksmuseum, The Hague and Amsterdam, 1973, p. 352

Pope-Hennessy, J. The Forging of Italian Renaissance Sculpture. Apolle 99, no.146 (April 1974): p. 249.

Zuraw, 1993, p. 213-214, nos. 28, 701-704.

Darr, A.P., P. Barnet, A. Bostrom, C. Avery, et al. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Detroit Institute of Arts. London, 2002, 2 vols., I, cat. 60.

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Credit Line for Reproduction

attributed to Mino da Fiesole, Madonna and Child, between 1464 and 1480, marble. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb, 53.367.