- Museum number
- 1957,1101.1
- Description
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Bozzetto; terracotta with a light covering of slip; Virgin and Child; former seated on stool with latter half standing on lap, reaching towards the Virgin's face.
- Production date
- 1670 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 37.60 centimetres
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Height: 15 inches
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Length: 14.50 centimetres (base)
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Width: 6 inches (base;approx)
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Depth: 7.25 inches (base)
- Curator's comments
- Recorded 'London and its Environs described', printed for R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, 1761, Vol. V, pp. 76-97, p. 96 under 'Bustos, Statues, Bas Reliefs &tc, 'A madonna and child, in imitation of Rubens' manner of painting, terracotta'.
The pottery group 1954,0401.1 is apparently based on this terracotta.
The marble is in the Rockoxhuis, Antwerp (see H. de Nijn et al, 1997, no. 47).
Bibliography: Illustrated Guide to Cheltenham Church Congress 1928 no. 295.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1997 14 Sep-16 Nov, Belgium, Mechelen, Hof van Busleyden, Fayd’Herbe 97
1986 15 Jul-31 Aug, Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, Plagiarism Personified, European Pottery and Porcelain Figures
1928 Cheltenham Church Congress Exhibition
- Acquisition date
- 1957
- Acquisition notes
- Formerly in the collection of Charles Jennens at Gopsall Hall, Leicester, before 1761, sold from Gopsall, Messrs Trollope, Mount Street, London, 16 October 1918, lot 751; Rev. and Mrs E.W.M.O. de la Hey, sold by his grandson Captain R.M.O. de la Hey, 1955 (see file and article by H. Tait)
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1957,1101.1
