Madonna and Child before a Niche
after Donatello, Italian, 1386 - 1466
about mid-15th century
Bronze plaquette, with suspension loop
Overall: 4 3/16 × 2 15/16 × 3/16 in. (10.7 × 7.5 × 0.5 cm)
Weight: 202 g (0.4 lb.)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Roger Arvid Anderson Collection - 250th Anniversary Gift, 1769-2019
2016.64.22
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscriptions
Not signed.
Course History
ARTH 84, Media and Meaning in Renaissance Sculpture, Adrian Randolph, Fall 2013
HIST 43.02, European Intellectual and Cultural History 1400-1800, Darrin McMahon, Fall 2019
Exhibition History
European Bronzes from the Collection of Roger Arvid Anderson, Class of 1968, Gene Y. Kim, Class of 1985 Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 19, 1996-June 22, 1997, no. 2.
Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.
Medieval Into Renaissance, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 21-April 24, 1994
Renaissance and Mannerist Plaquettes and Medals from the Collection of Roger Arvid Anderson, Class of 1968, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 19-November 21, 2013.
Renaissance Bronzes From The Collection of Roger Arvid Anderson, Class of 1968, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth Collelge, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 13-August 29, 1993
Publication History
Roger Arvid Anderson, The Roger Arvid Anderson Collection, Medals, Medallions, Plaquettes and Small Reliefs, Paintings, Sculpture, Works on Paper and Textiles, San Francisco: Roger Arvid Anderson (published privately), design by David L. Wilson, 2015, p. 113.
Provenance
Acquired by Roger Arvid Anderson, San Francisco, California, date unknown; lent to present collection, 1988; given to present collection, 2016.
Catalogue Raisonne
Kress, Fig. 3 No. 57
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