Virgin and Child with four angels
Maker
Mino da Fiesole, workshop (sculptor)
1429-1484
1429-1484
Title
Virgin and Child with four angels
Date of Production
1470 - 1475
Medium
medium : material : marble
Dimensions
Width: 36 cm
Height: 45 cm
Height: 45 cm
Accession Number
S.1966.GP.2
Mode of Acquisition
Gambier Parry, bequest, 1966
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
Three angels between them hold a censer or incense burner, a flaming torch and a crown, while a fourth has given a scroll to the Christ child to read. At the foot of the steps on which they kneel is a prominent carved signature, ‘OPUS MINI’ (‘the work of Mino’).
This relief may originally have formed part of a larger structure which would have made the setting more intelligible and scale of the signature more appropriate.
This relief may originally have formed part of a larger structure which would have made the setting more intelligible and scale of the signature more appropriate.
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Exhibition History
Art and Artifice: Fakes from the Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 17/06/2023-08/10/2023
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : inscribed : : : OPVS MINI
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