Detail of a Virgin and Child after Donatello in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2010

Virgin and Child

After an original by Donatello (Italian, Florence ca. 1386–1466 Florence)

Date: mid-15th century

Culture: Italian (Verona), probably

Medium: Stucco and colored glass (in halo)

Dimensions: Overall (wt. confirmed): 45 x 28 in., 113lb. (114.3 x 71.1 cm, 51.2565kg)

Classification: Sculpture

Credit Line: From the Collection of James Stillman, Gift of Dr. Ernest G. Stillman, 1922

Accession Number: 22.16.3

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/1200...

The marble Madonna by Donatello in the Staatliche Museen in Berlin, known as the Pazzi Madonna, inspired widespread copies, including this variant. The Gothic arch is topped by Renaissance floral ornament resembling that found in Veronese sculpture.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.