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FLORENTINE RELIEF STUCCO OF THE MADONNA AND CHILD, FOLLOWER OF DONATELLO (1386-1466) Tabernacle of the Virgin and Child with Two Cherubs, Christ of Sorrow above in the lunette top, relief in painted stucco housed in a contemporary frame of gilt and painted wood, having gilt haloes, original hanging iron. The last half of the 15th century. Repaired and retouched. The composition of this stucco is widely inspired, as Dr. Ursula Schlegel, Curator of the Sculptures Dept at the Staatliche Museum of Berlin, Dalhem, has kindly pointed out, from a prototype attributed to Donatello. (P. Hennessy - Catalogue of the Italian Sculptures in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Vol III, page 80, n 64, Madonna and Child, terra cotta relief. Other versions of the same composition are in the Museo Bardini, Florence. (Lensi: "Il Museo Bardini, Stucchi e terre-cotte", in Dedalo, vol IV, 1923-4, p. 500. Provenance: Heinemann Gallery, Wiesbaden, Germany; Gotha Museum. Purchased from Gian Carlo Baroni Gallery of Florence, Italy, in May of 1978