The Virgin Mary's hands

Details

CIRCLE OF DONATELLO (FLORENCE 1386-1466)
The Virgin Mary's hands
terracotta fragment; on a modern metal stand
8 1/2 x 6 x 2 3/4 in. (21.6 x 15.2 x 7 cm.)
Executed circa 1460

Provenance

With Daniel Katz Ltd.,
where acquired by the present owner in 1998.

Literature

C. Avery, ‘Donatello’s Madonnas Revisited’, in Donatello-Studien, Munich, 1989, pp. 219-234.
C. Avery, Donatello – Catalogo completo delle opere, Florence, 1991, no. 67, p. 118.

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Lot Essay

The composition of the present lot is after Donatello's Madonna di via Pietrapiana (dated to 1455-60).

The present lot is accompanied by a thermoluminescence test from Oxford Authentication dated 12 October 2022 stating the work was last fired between 400 to 600 years ago.

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